GEY 3601 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Peripheral Vision, 3E, Dementia
QUIZ 6
1. Describe age related changes in the following senses
a. vision ( fours changes)
1. Loss of peripheral vision
2. reduced ability to tolerate glare
3. reduced dark adaptation
4. reduced depth preception
b. hearing ( two)
1. Increased sound threshhold
2. Buzzing
c. smell/taste ( one)
1. Reduced taste and smell
2. In questions (1) describe how these age related changes make a person
vulnerability to possible acute dementia ( the
symptoms of all dementia are confusion, disorientation, loss of short term memory,
behavior changes, withdrawn, hallucinations)
reduced taste and smell causes food to taste bland making it so they eat less, this
leads to poor nutrition, They have a harder time seeing things at distances or off to
the side of them and they need more light to see things clearly. In order to hear
things clearly things need to be at lower tones and if people are talking to them
sentences need to be slowed down in order to make sure the person doesn’t miss
things. Poor nutrition can lead to confusion and disorientation as well as memory
loss, poor ability to hear can cause people to get annoyed and change their behavior,
where the buzzing may make them annoyed and irritable. An innability to see things
clearly leaves them less able to get around confidently which may limit themfrom
wanting to go out in fea of getting hurt making them wthdrawn.
3. Explain how the increase in age related thirst threshold may cause
some age associated problems
Thirst threshold in an older adult may cause them not feel thirsty and therefore
may not drink as frequently which can lead to age associated problems. The lack of
fluids can cause many issues such as dehydration which increases an individuals risk
of developing diabetes, hypothermia, as well as other issues.
4. Explain how some of the age related changes in the brain can lead
to the decline in fluid IQ
The decrease in fluid you genetically inherit in the brain can cause changes in
fluid IQ which causes a decline in neurons and synaptic connections, decreasing
vitality. This fluid always declines, but there is a way to balance and slow the
decrease of these fluids. This is done by increasing the chyrstalline changes, which is
when there is a steady amount of environmental input coming in. This makes for
there to be a much lower net loss in vitality of the nervous system. Older individuals
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Document Summary
Quiz 6: describe age related changes in the following senses, vision ( fours changes) 4. reduced depth preception b. hearing ( two) In order to hear things clearly things need to be at lower tones and if people are talking to them sentences need to be slowed down in order to make sure the person doesn"t miss things. Poor nutrition can lead to confusion and disorientation as well as memory loss, poor ability to hear can cause people to get annoyed and change their behavior, where the buzzing may make them annoyed and irritable. Thirst threshold in an older adult may cause them not feel thirsty and therefore may not drink as frequently which can lead to age associated problems. The decrease in fluid you genetically inherit in the brain can cause changes in fluid iq which causes a decline in neurons and synaptic connections, decreasing vitality.
