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Middle Adulthood Flashcards

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a condition characterized by hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance.
A. Metabolic Syndrome
B. Chronic Disorders
C. Climacteric

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A. Metabolic Syndrome

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Are characterized by a slow onset and a long duration. Chronic disorders are rare in early adulthood, increase in middle adulthood.
A. Metabolic Syndrome
B. Chronic Disorders
C. Climacteric

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B. Chronic Disorders

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Is a term that is used to describe the midlife transition in which fertility declines.
A. Metabolic Syndrome
B. Chronic Disorders
C. Climacteric

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C. Climacteric

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Is the time in middle age, usually in the late forties or early fifties, when a woman’s menstrual periods completely cease.
A. Menopause
B. Perimenopause
C. Erectile Dysfunction

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A. Menopause

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Is the transitional period from normal menstrual periods to no menstrual periods at all, which often takes up to 10 years
A. Menopause
B. Perimenopause
C. Erectile Dysfunction

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B. Perimenopause

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the inability to adequately achieve and maintain an erection that results in satisfactory sexual performance.
A. Menopause
B. Perimenopause
C. Erectile Dysfunction

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C. Erectile Dysfunction

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severe loss of bone mass in which bones become porous and extremely easy to break.
A. Osteoporosis
B. Osteoarthritis
C. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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A. Osteoporosis

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a disease marked by gradual onset of bone damage underneath the cartilage leading to pain and disability as well as minor signs of inflammation.
A. Osteoporosis
B. Osteoarthritis
C. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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B. Osteoarthritis

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a more common and destructive disease of the joints that also develops slowly and typically affects different joints and causes different types of pain than osteoarthritis.
A. Osteoporosis
B. Osteoarthritis
C. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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C. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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an individual’s accumulated information and verbal skills, continues to increase in middle adulthood.
A. Crystallized Intelligence
B. Fluid Intelligence
C. Working Memory
D. Practical Intelligence

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A. Crystallized Intelligence

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one’s ability to reason abstractly, begins to decline in the middle adulthood years (Horn)
A. Crystallized Intelligence
B. Fluid Intelligence
C. Working Memory
D. Practical Intelligence

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B. Fluid Intelligence

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the mental “workbench” where individuals manipulate and assemble information when making decisions, solving problems, and comprehending.
A. Crystallized Intelligence
B. Fluid Intelligence
C. Working Memory
D. Practical Intelligence

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C. Working Memory

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the broad range of skills related to how individuals shape, select, or adapt to their physical and social environments.
A. Crystallized Intelligence
B. Fluid Intelligence
C. Working Memory
D. Practical Intelligence

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D. Practical Intelligence

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE PART OF ROY BAUMEISTER AND KATHLEEN VOHS-MEANING IN LIFE?
A. Need for purpose. “Present events draw meaning from their connection with future events.”
B. Need for values. This “can lend a sense of goodness or positive characterization.”
C. Need for a sense of efficacy. This involves the “belief that one can make a difference.”
D. Need for self-worth. Most individuals want to be “good, worthy persons. Self-worth can be pursued individually.”
E. ALL OF THE ABOVE
F. NONE OF THE ABOVE

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E. ALL OF THE ABOVE

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the timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish life’s tasks, such as getting married, having children, or establishing themselves in a career. (Neugarten)
A. Social Clock
B. Empty Nest Syndrome
C. Midlife Development

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A. Social Clock

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which includes a decline in marital satisfaction after children leave the home.
A. Social Clock
B. Empty Nest Syndrome
C. Midlife Development

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B. Empty Nest Syndrome

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encompasses adults’ desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation.
A. Generativity
B. Stagnation
C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach
D. Midlife Crisis

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A. Generativity

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develops when individuals sense that they have done nothing for the next generation.
A. Generativity
B. Stagnation
C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach
D. Midlife Crisis

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B. Stagnation

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sometimes called “self-absorption”
A. Generativity
B. Stagnation
C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach
D. Midlife Crisis

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B. Stagnation

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how life events influence the individual’s development depends not only on the life event itself but also on mediating factors.
A. Generativity
B. Stagnation
C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach
D. Midlife Crisis

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C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach

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arguing that the middle-aged adult is suspended between the past and the future, trying to cope with this gap that threatens life’s continuity.
A. Generativity
B. Stagnation
C. Contemporary Life-Events Approach
D. Midlife Crisis

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D. Midlife Crisis

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personality resource that enables people to handle midlife changes.
A. Ego Resilience
B. Kin Keeper
C. Sandwich Generation
D. Filial Obligation

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A. Ego Resilience

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the person who gathers family members together for celebrations and keeps them in touch with each other.
A. Ego Resilience
B. Kin Keeper
C. Sandwich Generation
D. Filial Obligation

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B. Kin Keeper

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middle-aged people who are caught between the competing demands of two generations (their parents and their children)
A. Ego Resilience
B. Kin Keeper
C. Sandwich Generation
D. Filial Obligation

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C. Sandwich Generation

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grown children’s sense of responsibility to care for their aging parents if necessary.
A. Ego Resilience
B. Kin Keeper
C. Sandwich Generation
D. Filial Obligation

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D. Filial Obligation

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“Present events draw meaning from their connection with future events.”
A. Need for purpose
B. Need for values
C. Need for a sense of efficacy
D. Need for self-worth

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A. Need for purpose

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This “can lend a sense of goodness or positive characterization.”
A. Need for purpose
B. Need for values
C. Need for a sense of efficacy
D. Need for self-worth

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B. Need for values

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This involves the “belief that one can make a difference.”
A. Need for purpose
B. Need for values
C. Need for a sense of efficacy
D. Need for self-worth

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C. Need for a sense of efficacy

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Most individuals want to be “good, worthy persons. Self-worth can be pursued individually.”
A. Need for purpose
B. Need for values
C. Need for a sense of efficacy
D. Need for self-worth

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D. Need for self-worth

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