Briefly Summarize the Findings on the Link Between Physical Health

question 42

Short Answer

Briefly summarize the findings on the link between physical health and the maintenance or decline of mental abilities over the adult years.

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Definitions:

Posttest-Only

A research design where measures are taken only after the experimental manipulation, without a pretest comparison.

Mortality

The loss of subjects who decide to leave an experiment. Mortality is a threat to internal validity when the mortality rate is related to the nature of the experimental manipulation.

Experimental Design

A research design used to test hypotheses and establish cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more independent variables and observing the effect on dependent variables.

Mortality

The incidence of death within a population; in research, it can also refer to the dropout rate of participants from a study.