Middle Adulthood

Question 1

Presbyopia

Answer 1

Age 60, lens loses capacity to adjust to distances

Question 2

Vitreous

Answer 2

Transparent gel that fills eye becomes more opaque with age

Question 3

Glaucoma

Answer 3

Poor fluid drainage leads to buildup of pressure in eye damaging the optic nerve

Question 4

Presbycusis

Answer 4

Age related hearing loss

Question 5

What race shows less hearing loss

Answer 5

African Tribes

Question 6

What gender experiences more rapid hearing loss?

Answer 6

Men

Question 7

3 layers of the skin

Answer 7

Epidermis
Dermis
Hypodermis

Question 8

Climacteric

Answer 8

Midlife transition where fertility decreases

Question 9

What race have fewer menopausal complaints

Answer 9

Asian women

Question 10

Hormone therapy

Answer 10

Low daily doses of estrogen

Question 11

ERT

Answer 11

Estrogen replacement therapy for women who have had their uterus surgically removed

Question 12

HRT

Answer 12

Hormone replacement therapy– estrogen plus progesterone

Question 13

Germline

Answer 13

Cancer from inherited predisposition

Question 14

Atherosclerosis

Answer 14

Buildup of plaque in arteries

Question 15

Angina pectoris

Answer 15

Crushing chest pain

Question 16

Type A Behavior

Answer 16

Angry, competitive, hostile, ambitious, impatient

Question 17

Hardiness

Answer 17

Control, commitment and challenge

Question 18

Erikson stage for middle adulthood

Answer 18

Generativity vs. stagnation

Question 19

Generativity

Answer 19

Reaching out to guide next generation

Question 20

Stagnation

Answer 20

Become self- centered and indulgent when our goals have been attained

Question 21

4 stages of Levinsons Seasons of life

Answer 21

Young- old
Destruction- creation
Masculinity- femininity
Engagement- Seperateness

Question 22

Possible Selves

Answer 22

Future oriented representations of hopes and fears

Question 23

Parental Imperative Theory

Answer 23

Gender roles are maintained during parenting years to ensure survival of the child

Question 24

Big 5 Personality traits

Answer 24

Neuroticism
Extroversion
Openess to experience
Agreeableness
Concientiousness

Question 25

% of people who live with family or spouse

Answer 25

87%

Question 26

Kinkeeper

Answer 26

Gathering family for celebrations and making sure everybody stays in touch

Question 27

4 reasons people value being grandparents

Answer 27

Valued elder Immortality through descendants Re-involvement with personal past Indulegence

Question 28

Skipped generation families

Answer 28

Live with grandparents apart from parents

Question 29

% of adult children who care for aging adult

Answer 29

25%

Question 30

Burnout

Answer 30

Long-term job stress leads to mental exhaustion, sense of loss of personla control and feelings of reduced accomplishment

Question 31

Glass Ceiling

Answer 31

Invisible barrier to rising up the corporate ladder for women and minorities

Question 32

Cohort effect

Answer 32

Each new generation experiences better health and education than the one before

Question 33

Crystallized intelligence

Answer 33

Skills that depend on accumulated knowledge, experience and mastery of social conventions-- cultural influence

Question 34

Fluid intelligence

Answer 34

Depends on information processing skills, cognitons

Question 35

Schaie study-- 5 factors gained in adulthood

Answer 35

``` Verbal ability Inductive reasoning Verbal memory Spatial orientation Numeric ability ```

Question 36

Greatest cognitive decline

Answer 36

Perceptual speed

Question 37

Neural network view

Answer 37

Neurons in the brain die and breaks in neural network occur--new synaptic connections are less efficient

Question 38

Information-loss view

Answer 38

Older adults experience greater loss of information as it moves through cognitive system

Question 39

Expertise

Answer 39

Extensive, organized and integrated knowledge base used to support high level of performance

Question 40

When does fluid inteligence decrease

Answer 40

Reduced after 20, sharp decrease after 45

Question 41

Peak of crystallized intelligence

Answer 41

45-55

Question 42

Deliberate memory

Answer 42

Recall difficult-- context hard to encode

Question 43

Automatic memory

Answer 43

Recognition is easier than recall. Better than deliberate

Question 44

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer 44

Progressive degeneration of motor neurons of CNS leading to weak muscles and paralysis

Question 45

Incidence of alzheimers over age 85

Answer 45

45%

Question 46

What structure do plaques and tangles destroy

Answer 46

Hippocampus

Question 47

Ishemic stroke

Answer 47

Clots in arteries of the brain

Question 48

Embolic

Answer 48

Blood clot from elsewhere in body travels to brain

Question 49

Thrombotic

Answer 49

Blood clot forms locally in brain

Question 50

Hemorragic

Answer 50

Blood vessel ruptures and bleeds into brain

Question 51

Subarachnoid

Answer 51

Blood spills into spinal fluid