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Mid 8 - Middle adulthood Flashcards

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1
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Age of middle adulthood

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40/45 to 60/65

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What age do these milestones typically happen:
Death of a parent
Last child leaving
Become grandparent
Prep or actual retirement

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55-65

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3
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Age related loss of muscle and strength

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Sarcopenia

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4
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“Old eyes” is called

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Presbyopia

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5
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“Old hearing” is

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Presbycusis

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6
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The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina

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Accommodation of the eye

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At what age does hearing start to decrease

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40

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Hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance are characteristics of what?

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Metabolic syndrome

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9
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At what age do lungs become less elastic?

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55

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10
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Men are more likely to die from the 15 leading causes of death except what?

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Alzheimer’s

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Men typically die how many years younger than women?

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5

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What is the most common chronic disorder in midlife?

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Arthritis

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13
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True or false: smoking is much riskier for women than men

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True

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What puts women at greater risk for heart, attack, cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol, stroke

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Smoking

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What accounts for 1/3 of deaths in middle age?

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Cancer

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16
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What percent of death is caused by cardiovascular disease in middle age

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25%

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17
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The decline of fertility in both men and women is called

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Climacteric

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18
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Late onset of menopause is linked to an increased risk

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Breast cancer

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In women, what has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, gallbladder, disease, stroke, blood clots, dementia

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HRT

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20
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What percent of men ages 40 to 70 are affected by erectile dysfunction

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50%

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21
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The ability to reason, abstractly, detect relationships, among stimuli and working memory, is called what?

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Fluid intelligence

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The culmination of information and verbal skills is called

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Crystallized intelligence

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23
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When does fluid intelligence begin to decline?

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Early adulthood

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What type of intelligence continues to increase in middle adulthood?

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Crystallized

25
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What are memory strategies that can prevent memory decline?

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Organization and imagery

26
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Does expertise show up more or less in middle adulthood?

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More

27
Q

What method of assessment is used to test information processing?

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Reaction time. Press button when light appears.

28
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At what age does practical problem-solving begin to decline?

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50

29
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The role of ________ is central during middle adulthood

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Work

30
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T/F age related declines do occur in some occupations, but for most jobs, no difference has been found

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True

31
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Hypothesis that complex mental work carries over into complex mental leisure activities

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Spill over hypothesis

32
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Hypothesis that individuals pursue leisure activities to make up for what is missing at work

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Compensation hypothesis

33
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Hypothesis that work promotes or constrains, certain leisure activities by either providing or depleting resources of time and energy or money

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Resource provision, depletion hypothesis

34
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Hypothesis that work and leisure activities are completely independent of each other

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Segmentation hypothesis

35
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What is one of American’s top six regrets in life

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Not engaging in more leisure time

36
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What Erickson stage are we in now?

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Generativity vs stagnation

37
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Stagnation is characterized by

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Self absorption

38
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Name the four major conflicts in Levinson seasons of a man’s life (YMCA)

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Young vs old
Masculine vs feminine
Constructive vs destructive
Attached vs separated

39
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What is the desire to leave a legacy for the next generation?

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Generativity

40
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Who argues that certainty of death adds to meaning in life

A

Victor Frankel

41
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What are Viktor Frankl’s top three meanings in life

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Spiritual, freedom, responsibility

42
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Whose “Grant study” concluded that the 40s is a time to reassess, and that midlife crisis only happens to the minority

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George Vailliant

43
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Costa and McCrae “Big Five” of personality

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Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism (OCEAN)

44
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Which of the big five increases from early to late adulthood

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Conscientiousness

45
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Practical, independent, high, IQ, high achievement is an example of

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Openness

46
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Organized, disciplined, low risk of dementia, low work burn out rates in nursing is

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Conscientiousness

47
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Social, fun, affectionate is

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Extroversion

48
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Soft hearted, trusting, helpful

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Agreeableness

49
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Someone with this neuroticism, a.k.a. anxious, insecure, self pitying, will have what type of burn out as a nurse

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High

50
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What habits of a 50 year old according to George valiant lead to a happy 75 to 80 year old

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Non-smoker
Don’t abuse alcohol
Stable marriage
Good coping skills

51
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Shared genes, long-term relationship, shared history, equality are four unique aspects of

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Sibling relationships

52
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Name five positive behavior changes in older people according to Dr. Laura Carstensen

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-Live in the moment
-know what is important
-invest in sure things
-Deepen relationships
-savor life

53
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Who coined the term midlife crisis in 1965

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Jacques Elliot

54
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According to Barbara Waxman, what contributes to happiness in midlife

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Not getting stuck

55
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What Erikson’s conflict in mid-life?

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Generativity vs Stagnation

56
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What is Erikson’s resolution?

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Caring

57
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What is Erikson’s culmination

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Care and empathy

58
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What are top 4 daily hassles, in order

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Weight
Health
Prices
House

59
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What are top daily uplifts?

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Spouse
Friends
Tasks
Health

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