Mrs. Cairns is a 79-year-old woman who has been forced by declining health to move from her apartment to an assisted living facility
Which of the following characteristics of Mrs. Cairns' circumstances would be considered a secondary or extrinsic aging factor?
A) Both Mrs. Cairns' father and mother lived to be older than 90 years old.
B) Mrs. Cairns is white and of European ancestry.
C) Mrs. Cairns is considered to be a highly intelligent woman.
D) Mrs. Cairns was the first person in her family to attend university and eventually obtained a PhD.
Ans: D
Education is considered an extrinsic or secondary aging factor. Intelligence, familial longevity, ethnicity, and race are considered to be primary or intrinsic factors.
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