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61.  According to the text, hearing problems associated with aging include all of the following EXCEPT: a. difficulty hearing high-frequency sounds b. difficulty hearing low-frequency sounds c. difficulty hearing mid-frequency sounds d. separating speech sounds from sounds of background noise 62. Robert is diagnosed as having glaucoma. He should anticipate that the recommended treatment for this condition will most likely be: a. eating a better diet higher in vitamin A b. Lasik surgery c. cataract surgery d. medication 63. Brenda has been a watercolor artist all of her adult life. Now in her 60s, she has lost the ability to distinguish fine detail. Her visual problem would best be described as a decline in: a. visual acuity b. binocular disparity c. convergence d. sensory adaptation 64. Helen used to love to sew, but when she turned 90 she gave this up, because she could no longer see well enough to thread a needle. Helen’s problem is best described as one involving: a. glaucoma b. visual acuity c. senescence d. hypertension 65. According to the text, which of the following factors accounts for the largest share of problems older adults have with driving a car? a. decline in visual acuity b. an increase in the probability of having cataracts c. increased hypertension that leads to mental errors of judgment d. a general slowing down of general cognitive abilities 66. Older adults typically have some difficulty in driving a car. The particular visual problem that is most responsible for driving problems and car accidents is: a. a noticeable decline in visual acuity, especially in the center of the visual field b. a noticeable decline in visual acuity, especially in peripheral vision c. a problem in ignoring irrelevant stimuli, especially in complex displays requiring quick decisions d. a build-up of pressure within the eyes that causes distant objects to sometimes appear blurry 67. Beginning around the time of her 70th birthday, Margaret began to experience increasing problems in learning new things, with her memory, and with her motor coordination. She now is frequently confused, sometimes doesn’t recognize people she has known for a long time, and her speech has become less fluent. The condition that would most likely be diagnosed in Margaret’s case would be: a. senescence b. dementia c. atherosclerosis d. pathological aging 68. If a normal person’s brain weighed 3 pounds at age 30, about how much would you expect it to weigh at age 90? a. 3.6 pounds b. 3.3 pounds c. 3.0 pounds d. 2.7 pounds 69. The normal, age-related changes that occur in the brain as we enter older adulthood are most likely the result of having ______ of brain cells and having _______ connections among brain cells. a. fewer; about the same number of b. fewer; fewer c. about the same number of; fewer d. fewer; more 70. If you were to do one thing that would give you the best chance of avoiding or limiting normal, age-related declines in brain functioning, that would be: a. engaging in complex cognitive tasks on a regular basis b. sleeping longer than normal c. sleeping less than normal d. trying not to “over-tax” the brain by thinking too hard or too long on difficult problems