Adult Development and Aging Study Set 3

Changes in __________ increase the older adult's vulnerability to infection, viruses, and certain types of arthritis.

Which type of lymphocyte is our primary defense against cancer and provides help in fighting viral and parasitic infections?

__________ends when one loses independence or must rely on others for activities of daily living.

All of the following are environmental factors that impact longevity rates except

The age at which half the individuals born in any particular year will have died is called

The process by which the body attacks itself is called

Which of the following statements about ethnic differences in average longevity is true?

The most rapid increases in average longevity at birth occurred in the first half of the 20th century largely due to

The best indicator of how long you will live is

The oldest age to which any individual of a species lives is called

Lawton and colleagues (1999) found that a person's valuation of life had a great deal of impact on

In the United States, which of the following statements about sex differences in average longevity is true?

Thirty years of research has shown that ________ is/are predictive of future health outcomes.

Research has determined that there is a biological explanation for why women live longer than men.Which of these is true?

Which of the following is not a type of cell in the immune system?

Computing the average longevity of people currently 50-years-old

In most industrialized countries, women's average longevity is about ________ years more than men's at birth.

The World Health Organization defines health as

When confronted by an invader, an __________ is produced to protect the body from future invasions.

The changing balance of T-lymphocytes may help explain why older adults need to be immunized _________ against specific diseases such as influenza.