1. Some hearing losses experienced by middle-aged adults are due to exposure to noise? True
2. A combination of progesterone and estrogen (HRT) is commonly used to treat immune system disorders? False
3. Men experience the same sudden downward shift in reproductive ability as women, but it is called climacteric? False
4. The incidence of smoking is increasing worldwide but decreasing in North America? False
5. Talking on a cell phone while driving is unsafe at any age because the brain attends to what is being said, not to what is being seen? True
6. Spearman proposed that intelligence is a single entity, which he called g? True
7. For most people, both fluid and crystallized intelligence increase with age? True
8. Developmentalists use the term expert only for people who are extraordinarily gifted as a particular test? True
9. Experts often cannot explain how they come to particular conclusions in their area of expertise? False
10. Novices tend to be better than experts at developing strategies to accomplish a particular test? False
11. By late middle age, a person typically gains weight and loses nearly an inch in height? True
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