Mid 8 - Middle adulthood Flashcards
Age of middle adulthood
40/45 to 60/65
What age do these milestones typically happen:
Death of a parent
Last child leaving
Become grandparent
Prep or actual retirement
55-65
Age related loss of muscle and strength
Sarcopenia
“Old eyes” is called
Presbyopia
“Old hearing” is
Presbycusis
The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina
Accommodation of the eye
At what age does hearing start to decrease
40
Hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance are characteristics of what?
Metabolic syndrome
At what age do lungs become less elastic?
55
Men are more likely to die from the 15 leading causes of death except what?
Alzheimer’s
Men typically die how many years younger than women?
5
What is the most common chronic disorder in midlife?
Arthritis
True or false: smoking is much riskier for women than men
True
What puts women at greater risk for heart, attack, cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol, stroke
Smoking
What accounts for 1/3 of deaths in middle age?
Cancer
What percent of death is caused by cardiovascular disease in middle age
25%
The decline of fertility in both men and women is called
Climacteric
Late onset of menopause is linked to an increased risk
Breast cancer
In women, what has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer, gallbladder, disease, stroke, blood clots, dementia
HRT
What percent of men ages 40 to 70 are affected by erectile dysfunction
50%
The ability to reason, abstractly, detect relationships, among stimuli and working memory, is called what?
Fluid intelligence
The culmination of information and verbal skills is called
Crystallized intelligence
When does fluid intelligence begin to decline?
Early adulthood
What type of intelligence continues to increase in middle adulthood?
Crystallized
