9.5 Early and Middle Adulthood Flashcards
Fluid Intelligence
A form of intelligence associated with the ability to think abstractly and flexibly in solving problems.
We use fluid intelligence to solve abstract reasoning problems, to identify patterns and relationships, to solve puzzles
Crystallized intelligence
A form of intelligence associated with the use of knowledge or wisdom. Vocabulary
Menopause
The time of life when menstruation ends.
Emerging Adulthood
The period of psychosocial development, roughly spanning the ages of 18 to 25, during which the person makes the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Midlife Crises
A state of psychological crisis, often occurring during middle adulthood, in which people grapple with the loss of their youth.
Beginning in their 20s, people start to experience a gradual decline in lean body mass and muscle tissue. (a) _______ intelligence—including rapid problem-solving ability and memory for lists of words, names, or text— tends to decline with increasing age during middle and late adulthood. (b) _______ intelligence remains relatively intact and may actually improve in some respects.
a. ) fluid
b. ) crystallized
(c) _______, the cessation of menstruation, is the major physical marker of middle adulthood in women. Menopause is associated with a dramatic decline in estrogen production. Testosterone production in men also declines with age, but more gradually. Erikson proposed the following stages of psychosocial development in adolescence and adulthood: ego (d) _______ versus role diffusion (adolescence), intimacy versus (e) _______ (early adulthood), (f) _______ versus stagnation (middle adulthood).
c. ) menopause
d. ) ego identity
e. ) isolation
f. ) generativity
In general, people perform best on standardized tests of intelligence a. in middle childhood. b. in adolescence. c. in early adulthood. d. at any time during their lives.
c. in early adulthood
Which of the following statements about menopause is not true? a. Menopause is a normal physiological process. b. Menopause involves the cessation of menstruation. c. Loss of estrogen results in diminished sex drive. d. With menopause, the ovaries no longer produce ripened egg cells.
c. Loss of estrogen results in diminished sex drive.
The major psychosocial challenge of early adulthood, according to Erikson, is that of a. role identity versus confusion. b. intimacy versus isolation. c. generativity versus stagnation. d. ego integrity versus despair.
b. intimacy versus isolation
Psychologist Daniel Levinson believes that at about the age of 40, people experience a time of reckoning or _______.
Midlife crises
