Health Aspects of Aging Quiz #2 (Ch:3-4)
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- The concept that aging is primarily due to the accumulation of damage inflicted by reactive oxygen species (or free radicals) relates to:
- True or False: The phenomenon in which an improvement of symptoms is observed after the administration of an inactive lookalike substance or treatment is called a cohort effect.
- Brian investigates the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 using a self-report survey that collects information about age, sex, levels of illness severity, etc. He statistically analyzes the association between age and the level of illness severity. Which of the following BEST describes Brian’s study design?
- True or False: The perspective in which phenomena are influenced by multiple factors that are not only influencing target phenomena but also influencing each other is called reductionism.
- Which of the following is NOT true about longitudinal designs/studies?
- True or False: In psychosocial theories of aging, sociogenic models posit that the stages of adult development are universal and sequential, follow a definite order, and are thought to be irreversible.
- True or False: Most of the current theories intend to integrate biological, psychosocial, and sociohistorical influence on development in adulthood.
- The statistical analysis that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to estimate the magnitude of a particular effect is called:
- Which of the following is NOT true about the five principles of life-span developmental systems (LSDS) approach to health and aging described by Aldwin et al. (2006)?