Chapter 15 & 16 physical, cognative and socioemtional development in adulthood

Question 1

middle adulthood

Answer 1

The developmental period that begins at approximately 40 to 45 yrs of age and extends to about 60 to 65 yrs of age

Question 2

chronic disorders

Answer 2

disorders that are characterised by slow onset and long duration. They are rare in early adulthood they increase during middle adulthood and they become common in late adulthood

Question 3

climacteric

Answer 3

the midlife transition in which fertility declines

Question 4

menopause

Answer 4

cessation of a womans menstrul periods usually in the late 40s early 50s

Question 5

erectile dysfunction

Answer 5

the inability to adeqately achieve and maintain an erection that reults in satisfactory sexual performance

Question 6

crystallised intelligence

Answer 6

accumulated information and verbal skills, which increase in middle adulthood, according to Horn

Question 7

fluid intelligence

Answer 7

the ability to reason abstractly, which begins to decline from middle adulthood on, according to Horn

Question 8

working memory

Answer 8

the mental workbench where individuals manipulate and assemble information when decision making, problem solving and comprehending language

Question 9

lesuire

Answer 9

the pleasent times after work when individuals are free to pursue activities and interests of their own choosing

Question 10

meaning-making coping

Answer 10

involves drawing on beliefs, values and goals to change the meaning of a stressful sitiuation, especially in times of chronic stress as when a loved one dies.

Question 11

contemporary life-events approach

Answer 11

approach emphasising that how a life event influances the individuals development depends not only on the life event, but also on mediating factors, the individuals adaption to the life event, the life-stage context and socialhistorical context

Question 12

social clock

Answer 12

the timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish lifes tasks, such as getting married, having children, or establishing themselves in a career

Question 13

Big Five factors of personality Costa and Mccrae

Answer 13

Openness to experience
Conscieniousness
Extraversion
Agreeablness
Neurotisism (emotional stability)

Question 14

empty nest syndrome

Answer 14

A decrease in marital satisfaction after children leave home, because parents derive considerable satisfaction from their children