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1. People of the same chronological age can differ dramatically…
1. People of the same chronological age can differ dramatically in their functional age.
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2. According to their definition of “successful aging,” Rowe and Kahn argue that legendary pitcher Satchel Paige was aging successfully.
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3. It was only in the 20th century that a sizable proportion of the population survived to experience old age.
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4. Olshansky concedes that the science of aging has significantly advanced in recent decades such that gerontology is close to discovering the key to physical immortality.
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5. Research has found caloric restriction has no effect on longevity in rodents.
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6. de Grey argues that the first person to live to 1,000 years of age has not yet been born.
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7.
Dennis agrees with Lehman that the output of high-quality creative work peaks in middle age, followed by an inevitable decline.
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8. Older women tend to have higher levels of religious participation and belief than do men.
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9. de Grey considers biophysical aging to be a disease that should be cured.
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10.
Creativity is not only a cognitive process, but it is also affected by the environment in which one lives and societal expectations.
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11. Most people over age 65 suffer from dementia.
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12.
Wisdom is considered to be most like crystallized intelligence and not fluid intelligence.
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13. According to Lehman, the modal age of leaders (e.g., presidents of American colleges and universities, Supreme Court justices) is greater than that of other highly successful professionals and athletes.
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14. Erikson, Erikson, and Kivnick argue that recollection is one way to adapt to the constant losses that occur in old age, but a more rewarding form of adaptation is to develop new relationships.
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15. Participation in intellectual and political leisure activities may have protective benefits for cognition during later life.
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16. According to de Grey, even though it may be possible for people to live to be 1,000 years of age, none of the added life span will be lived in frailty, debility, or dependence.
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17. Scott-Maxwell argues that in old age, people have no duties except to themselves.
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18. Once cognitive declines begin, there is very little that can be done to improve intellectual functioning.
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19. Olshansky argues that research on aging should focus on improved physical health and mental functioning and not on the search for a cure to aging.
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20. Many biologists believe that aging may be explained by a single cause.
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