Chapter Questions
What is the difference between average longevity and maximum longevity?
What genetic and environmental factors influence average longevity?
What ethnic and gender differences have been found?
Describe what stress is in the stress and coping paradigm. What is the appraisal process? What is meant by coping?
What are the major physical health consequences of stress?
What are Type A and Type B behavior patterns? What is the controversy associated with them?
What can be done to lower stress?
What are the health risks from smoking?
What happens from extended exposure to secondhand smoke?
How can people stop smoking?
What is the difference between alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence?
How does alcohol consumption vary with age?
What happens to the rate of alcohol dependence with age?
What are the negative effects of drinking?
What benefits of moderate drinking have been noted?
How can people stop drinking?
What is the difference between aerobic and nonaerobic exercise?
What are the benefits of aerobic exercise?
Why don't older people exercise as much as they should?
How does sleep change with age?
What can cause sleep problems? How do these causes change with age?
What are some ways to improve the quality of your sleep?
How do nutritional needs change with age?
What problems can result from a poor diet?
How does the risk of getting cancer vary with age?
What are some of the known causes of lung and colon cancer?
How can one prevent cancer?
What is the controversy concerning prostate cancer?
What is meant by disability?
What are the key components in a model of disability in older adults?
What conditions result in disability most often?
How do socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and gender affect health and disability?
What are the major types of prevention? How do they relate to the model of disability?
What are the major problems associated with medications in older adults?