Final Exam

Question 1

Farsightedness associated wit aging, resulting when the lens of the eye become less elastic.

Answer 1

Presbyopia

Question 2

Nearsightedness

Answer 2

Myopia

Question 3

Gradual loss of hearing, which accelerator after age 55, especially with regard to sounds at the upper frequencies

Answer 3

Presbycusis

Question 4

Use of energy to maintain vital functions.

Answer 4

Basal Metabolism

Question 5

Amount of air that can be drawn in with a deep breath and expelled.

Answer 5

Vital Capacity

Question 6

Cessation of menstruation and of ability to bear children, typically around age 50.

Answer 6

Menopause

Question 7

Period of several years during which a woman experiences physiological changes that bring on menopause.

Answer 7

Perimenopause

Question 8

A life stage where men lose physical and sexual stamina, typically around age 50

Answer 8

Male Menopause

Question 9

Persistent disturbance in sexual desire or sexual response.

Answer 9

Sexual Dysfunction

Question 10

In ability of a man to achieve or maintain an erect penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance.

Answer 10

Erectile Dysfunction

Question 11

Chronically high blood pressure.

Answer 11

Hypertension

Question 12

Condition in which the bone become thin and brittle as results of rapid calcium depletion.

Answer 12

Osteoporosis

Question 13

Diagnostic X-ray examination of the breasts.

Answer 13

Mammography

Question 14

Treatment with artificial estrogen, sometimes in combination with the hormone progesterone, to relieve or prevent symptoms caused by decline in estrogen levels after menopause.

Answer 14

Hormone Replacement Therapy

Question 15

Stress-producing experience.

Answer 15

Stressors

Question 16

Syndrome of emotional exhaustion and a sense that one can no longer accomplish anything on the job.

Answer 16

Burnout

Question 17

Type of intelligence, proposed by Born and Cattell, which is applied to novel problems and is relatively independent of educational and cultural influences.

Answer 17

Fluid Intelligence

Question 18

Type of intelligence, proposed by Horn and Cattell, involving the ability to remember and use learned information.

Answer 18

Crystal Intelligence

Question 19

Life structure in which primary roles- learning, working and leisure- are open to adult of all ages and can be interspersed throughout the life span.

Answer 19

Age Integrated

Question 20

In Erickson’s terminology, concern of mature adults for establishing, guiding, and influencing the next generation.

Answer 20

Generativity

Question 21

Neugarten’s term for a concern with inner life, which usually appears in middle age.

Answer 21

Inferiority

Question 22

in some normative-crisis modes, stressful life period precipitated by the reviewer and reevaluation of one’s past, typically occurring in the early to middle forties.

Answer 22

Midlife Crisis

Question 23

Introspective examination that often occurs in middle age, learning to reappraisal and revision of values and priorities.

Answer 23

Midlife Review

Question 24

Gutmann’s term for reversal of gender roles after the end of active parenting.

Answer 24

Gender Crossover

Question 25

Financial and emotional benefits built up during a long-standing marriage, which tend to hold a couple together.

Answer 25

Martial Capital

Question 26

Transitional phase of parenting following the last child’s leaving the parents’ home.

Answer 26

Empty Nest

Question 27

In Marcoen’s terminology normative development of middle age, in which adults learn to balance love and duty to their parents with autonomy within a two-way relationship.

Answer 27

Filial Crisis

Question 28

Middle-aged adults squeezed by competing needs to raise or launch children and to care for elderly parents.

Answer 28

Sandwich Generation

Question 29

Care of children living without parents in the home of grandparents of other relatives, with or without a change of legal custody.

Answer 29

Kinship Care

Question 30

Condition of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion affecting adults who care for aged persons.

Answer 30

Caregiver Burnout