1. The Developing Person Through the Life Span, Ninth Edition by Kathleen Stassen Berger Clicker Question Presentation Slides Chapter 17
Critical Thinking Questions created by Jason S. Spiegelman, The Community College of Baltimore County

2. Which part of the body shows the earliest and fastest shrinking of muscles throughout adulthood?
back and legs
hands and feet
arms and neck
stomach and pelvis
Answer A

3. Regular exercise can help reduce the incidence of all of the following illnesses, EXCEPT:
heart disease.
osteoporosis.
cataracts.
depression.
Answer C

4. _________ is the body weight that your homeostatic mechanisms seek to maintain.
Set point
Normal weight
BMI
Organ reserve
Answer B

5. Marcella suffers from anorexia nervosa
Marcella suffers from anorexia nervosa. In addition to refusing to eat more than a few hundred calories each day, she also maintains a BMI that is ____.
Over 50 22
Less than 14
Less than 18
Answer D

6. When Anthony stops drinking for any length of time, he begins to shake, sweats, gets nauseous, and vomits. These symptoms are indications of ____________.
intoxication
brain decline
tolerance
withdrawal
Answer D 6

7. Critical Thinking Questions

8. psychoanalytic behavioral epigenetic cognitive
Dr. Morganstern is treating Michael for bulimia nervosa and hypothesizes that his eating disorder stems from control issues left over from his childhood. From which theory is this explanation drawn?
psychoanalytic
behavioral
epigenetic
cognitive
Answer A

9. When Lucius is too warm, his body perspires to vent heat
When Lucius is too warm, his body perspires to vent heat. When he is cold, he shivers to generate heat. These processes are an attempt to maintain:
disequilibrium.
homeostasis.
consciousness.
ambidexterity.
Answer B

10. Lindsey suffers from an infection that affects her liver, but she recovers with relatively little difficulty. The ability of her body to fight this specific illness is due to:
support of friends.
exercise.
organ reserve.
her positive attitude.
Answer C