age-related social life choices. Multiple-Choice Questions 1. Which of the following changes does not occur with age? a. Visual sharpness diminishes. b. Distance perception is less acute. c. Adaptation to light-level changes is less rapid. d. The lens of the eye becomes more transparent. e. Senses of smell and hearing diminish. 2. As telomeres shorten, aging cells may die without being replaced with perfect genetic replicas. This process is slowed by a. smoking b. obesity. c. stress. d. aging. e. exercise. 3. Olivia and Jackson plan to get married next year.This significant life event will allow them to achieve Eriks: stage of a. competence. d. identity. b. generativity. e. integrity. c. intimacy. 4. Brain scans of older adults show that the __ , a neural processing center for emotions, responds less: tively to negative events (but not to positive events). it interacts less with the hippocampus, a brain memo ry-processing center. a.amygdala b. hypothalamus c. pineal gland d. thyroid gland e. thalamus