Middle Adulthood

Question 0

Osteoporosis

Answer 0

Condition common in woman
• bones become thin and brittle
• calcium depletion

Question 1

Climacteric

Answer 1

Changes in the reproductive system
• menopause
• decline of sperm

Question 2

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 2

Condition where plaque builds up on coronary arteries.

Question 3

Mammogram

Answer 3

X-ray produce used to examine women for breast cancer

Question 4

Fluid intelligence

Answer 4

Information process abilities:

Short term memory, ability to discern relations between and speed synthesizing

Question 5

Crystallized intelligence

Answer 5

Cultural based knowledge, language

And social conventions

Question 6

Midlife crisis

Answer 6

Entailing anxiety, unhappiness, and reappraisal

Question 7

Generativity vs stagnation

Answer 7

The motivation of contribute to the well being of generations, or focusing in narrow self interest without concern for the good of other

Question 8

Erectile disfunction

Answer 8

Inability to achieve and maintain and erection.

Question 9

Glass ceiling

Answer 9

Unspoken limit on career advancement of a category of women due discrimination

Question 10

Burnout

Answer 10

State of becoming disillusioned, frustrated and tired of ones job

Question 11

Gerontologist

Answer 11

Researcher on aging

Question 12

Functional age

Answer 12

Age that indicates the actual competence and performance of older adults

Question 13

Primary aging

Answer 13

Inevitable biological aging that takes places in all living organism

Question 14

Secondary aging

Answer 14

Decline of physical function that takes places due lifestyle behaviors.

Question 15

Cataracts

Answer 15

Progressive thickening of the lens of the eye causes vision to become cloudy

Question 16

Macular degeneration

Answer 16

Loss of clarity in the center of the visual field

Question 17

Glaucoma

Answer 17

Loss of peripheral vision due the built up of fluids that damages the optic nerve

Question 18

Tinnitus

Answer 18

Problem in the auditory system that entails hearing a ring

Question 19

Sleep apnea

Answer 19

Sleep related respiratory disorder in which breathing stops for 10 sec in the course of the night

Question 20

Arthritis

Answer 20

Disease of the joints

Question 21

Hypertension

Answer 21

High blood pressure

Question 22

Active life spam

Answer 22

A number of years of physical functioning favorable enough for people to enjoy their lives

Question 23

Sustained attention

Answer 23

Ability to concentrate on a task for an extended period of time.

Question 24

Dementia

Answer 24

Losses in cognitive function severe enough to interfere with daily life

Question 25

Alzheimer’s

Answer 25

Type of dementia that has distinctive patterns of structural decline.

Question 26

Selective optimization with compensation

Answer 26

Response to aging that entails selecting valued activities and dropping others. Optimizing performance in the remaining activities

Question 27

Socioemotianal selectivity theory

Answer 27

Adults maximize their emotional well being by becoming increasingly selective in their social contacts

Question 28

Ego integrity vs despair

Answer 28

Looking back in ones life accepting it for better or worse, or despair, regrets and bitterness