ASU Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood Flashcards
as adults become older, their age identity is younger than their chronological age
changing midlife
middle adulthood
40-45 years of age to about 60-65 years of age
- declining physical skills and increasing responsibility
- awareness of the young-old polarity
- transmitting something meaningful to the next generation
- reaching and maintaining career satisfaction
- gains and losses and biological and sociocultural factors balance each other
middle adulthood
- death of a parent
- last child leaving the parental home
- becoming a grandparent
- preparation for and actual retirement
late midlife (ages 55 to 65)
age-related loss of muscle mass and strength
sarcopenia
a man in his mid-forties is most likely to notice:
joint stiffness
ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina; experiences sharp declines between 40-59 years
accommodation of the eye
which of the following is most typical of the vision-related issues faced by middle-aged individuals?
A. difficulty viewing objects in the background
B. difficulty viewing complicated patterns
C. difficulty viewing close objects
D. difficulty viewing moving objects
C. difficulty viewing close objects
questions such as “to which age group do you belong?” and “how old do you feel?” reflect the concept of:
age identity
hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
lung tissue becomes ____________ at about age 55, ____________ the lung’s capacity
less elastic / decreasing
the most common change in sleep patterns of adults during middle-age
there is a decrease in the deepest type of sleep
other common changes in sleep patterns of adults during middle-age
- wakeful periods become more frequent in the 40s
- sleep-disordered breathing and restless legs syndrome
slow onset and a long duration; rare in early adulthood but increase in middle-age
chronic disorders
peaks in midlife then declines in late adulthood
control
