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Middle Adulthood Flashcards

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Climacteric

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Cannot reproduce (procreate)

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Menopause

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Women stop ovulating

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Andropause

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Men have difficulty reproducing because of lack of sex drive, low testosterone and sperm cell

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Can be shaped by experience

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Plasticity

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Intelligence

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Influence by culture, social context, personal choices

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Tacit knowledge

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Skills and problem solving (no formal education / blue collar worker) (experience/professional instinct)

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Andragogy

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Type of teaching that considers the needs of adults (adult teaching)

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Expert

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Years of working in a certain field (intuition and strategies)

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Novice

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Rely on formal procedures or guidelines, methodical and conscious actions (beginner)

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Midlife Crisis

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Focus on the present, impatient

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Wanting to make contribution to the society

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Kinkeeping

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Organizing events in the family (aunts, uncle, daughters)

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Not prioritizing marriage but is considering one

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Voluntary temporary single

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Do not consider marriage at all (single by choice)

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Voluntary permanent single

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Searching for partner but continue to fail

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Involuntary temporary single

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Cannot find a partner at all and just accept being single slowly

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Involuntary permanent single

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Intrinsic marriage

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Marriage bounded by love

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Utilitarian marriage

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Married for practical purposes (more successful than intrinsic marriage)

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Ability to solve new problems without existing knowledge

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Fluid Intelligence

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Knowledge that comes from prior learning and past experiences

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Crystallized Intelligence

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Conflict-habitualized marriages

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Spouses habitually quarrel, nag, and bring-up past

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Devitalized marriages

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Empty and apathetic marriages

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Passive-congenial marriages

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Emphasize qualities and repetitive lifestyle

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Vital marriages

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Stay married for the sake of enjoying one another

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Total marriages

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Spouses may share work life, friends and leisure activities as well as home life

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