Explain how regular moderate exercise in middle age affects the muscle system.
What will be an ideal response?
- Exercise helps combat and slow the decline in energy molecules, muscle cell thickness, number of muscle cells and mass, muscle strength, and blood supply.
- Exercise helps improve the speed of muscle movement and stamina and combats the reduction in reaction time.
- Exercise helps to decrease muscle soreness.
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Grant is a typical 18-month-old. Can he walk backward?
a. Yes, he learned this as soon as he was able to walk forward b. Yes, he learned this at 9 months of age c. No, he will do this around 24 months of age d. Yes, but he won't do it until 24 months of age as 18-month-olds are too cautious to walk backward yet
During health exams, physicians are more concerned about the health of internal organs than of the skin. A ____ trend of health evaluation is shown
a. cephalocaudal b. proximodistal c. proprioceptive d. plasticity-based
Which is an illustration of the defense mechanism "repression"?
a. Mary witnessed the death of her child but cannot remember it. b. Mark wants to remember what he ate for lunch but is not sure whether it was tuna or hamburger. c. Michael tells people he did not cheat in high school but knows it is untrue. d. Rachel thought about going to a party, but her mother forced her to stay home.
The Barnum effect occurs when ________
a. an individual's temperament emerges early in life, therefore influencing subsequent personality development. b. parental influence over a child begins to wane as the child is influenced by aspects of nonshared environment. c. a man in a culture of honor becomes angry after a perceived insult and then behaves aggressively to restore his honor. d. an individualized personality analysis is given, but it is written in such vague terms that it could apply to almost everyone.