ASU Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood Flashcards
THE NATURE OF MIDDLE ADULTHOOD:
As adults become older, their age identity is younger than their chronological age.
Changing Midlife
THE NATURE OF MIDDLE ADULTHOOD:
Middle Adulthood is made up of people from __-__ years of age to about __-__ years of age.
40-45 to 60-65
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
An age-related loss of muscle mass and strength.
Sarcopenia
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
One’s ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina, often experiencing sharp declines between 40-59 years old.
Accomodation of the Eye
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
Middle-aged people have difficulty viewing objects at a:
A) Close range
B) Far range
A) Close Range
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
The decrease of one’s visual field can be attributed to …?
Reduced blood supply
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
Hearing begins to decline by what age?
40 years old
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
These types of sounds are typically lost first during one’s hearing decline.
High-pitched Sounds
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
A syndrome characterized by hypertension, obesity and insulin resistance.
Metabolic Syndrome
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
At what age does lung tissue become less elastic, thus decreasing the lung’s capacity?
55 years old
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
Disorders with a slow onset and a long duration. Rare in early adulthood, but tend to increase in middle age.
Chronic Disorders
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
This peaks in midlife, then declines in late adulthood.
Control
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
The 2 forms of Chronic Diseases that are the main cause of death during middle adulthood.
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
A midlife transition in which fertility declines.
Climacteric
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
The cessation of a woman’s menstrual periods that occur during the late 40’s or early 50’s.
May cause hot flashes, nausea, fatigue and rapid heartbeat.
Menopause
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
The transitional period from normal menstrual periods to no menstrual periods at all.
Perimenopause
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
A possible treatment for the unpleasant side effects of menopause.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
What does HRT stand for?
Hormone Replacement Therapy
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT:
One’s inability to achieve and maintain an erection.
Erectile Dysfunction
COGNTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
A type of intelligence consisting of accumulated information and verbal skills that continues to increase in middle adulthood.
Crystallized Intelligence
COGNTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
A type of intelligence consisting of one’s ability to reason abstractly. This may begin to decline in middle adulthood.
Fluid Intelligence
COGNTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
A study that involves an extensive evaluation of intellectual abilities during adulthood.
Seattle Longitudinal Study
COGNTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
What type of task can one provide to test one’s speed of information processing?
Reaction-time Task
COGNTIVE DEVELOPMENT:
This type of memory declines during middle adulthood.
Verbal Memory
CAREERS, WORK, AND LEISURE:
In the US, about __% of people aged 40-59 years of age are employed.
80%
CAREERS, WORK, AND LEISURE:
Pleasant times after work, when individuals are free to pursue activities and interests of their own choosing.
Leisure
MEANING IN LIFE:
An organized set of beliefs, practices, rituals and symbols that increases an individual’s connection to a sacred or transcendent other.
Religion
MEANING IN LIFE:
The degree to which an individual is affiliated with an organized religion.
Religiousness
MEANING IN LIFE:
Experiencing something beyond oneself in a transcendent manner.
Spirituality
MEANING IN LIFE:
According to Frankl, what are the 3 most distinct human qualities?
- Spirituality
- Freedom
- Responsibility
MEANING IN LIFE:
The 4 main needs in life are purpose, values, sense of efficacy and self-worth according to ___ _____ and _____ ___.
Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs
MEANING IN LIFE:
According to Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs, what are the 4 main needs in life?
- Need for Purpose
- Need for Values
- Need for Self-Efficacy
- Need for Self-Worth
