Middle Adulthood

Question 1

Alcoholism

Answer 1

The consumption of alcoholic beverages to the extent that major aspects of a person’s life, such as work, family, and friends, are affected.

Question 2

Fluid intelligence

Answer 2

Abstract reasoning ability.

Question 3

Functional literacy

Answer 3

The ability to perform everyday reading, writing, and arithmetic tasks.

Question 4

Hot flash

Answer 4

A sudden feeling of heat experienced by some women during menopause.

Question 5

Interrupted career

Answer 5

A regular career interrupted by child-rearing and then reestablished when full-time work is resumed.

Question 6

Menopause

Answer 6

The cessation of menstrual cycles for a continuous period of time; a woman’s ovaries stop functioning and no longer produce the hormones estrogen and progesterone.

Question 7

Generativity vs. stagnation

Answer 7

Erikson socio-emotional middle adulthood

Question 8

Eriksonian Middle Adulthood Stage

Answer 8

Generativity vs stagnation (self-absorption); reaching out to others in ways that guide future generations; new perspective on the world and who they are in it; new expectations, new satisfactions, midlife crisis a myth

Question 9

intellectual functioning in middle adulthood

Answer 9

more repetition for memory to stick/takes longer to commit to memory; more focus less pulled by distractions, integration, stable through this time, high rates of continued language ability, pattern making ability, inductive reasoning operates well, we are slower - linking up things shifts in mid-life; increased in crystallized intelligence; stability of intellectual functioning

Question 10

middle aged parents and adolescent children

Answer 10

improved relationship as they become young adults especially when the relationship was positive in adolescence; sandwich generation

Question 11

Marital satisfaction at the empty nest stage

Answer 11

the period of time that parents launch their children into adulthood leads to feelings of joy and pride; parents capitalize on freedom, reconnect with spouses or friends, more time for goals and interests, women get larger role outside the home

Question 12

Kinkeepers

Answer 12

are caregivers who celebrate family achievements gather the family together and keep in touch with family members who have moved away

Question 13

Reminiscence/Life Review

Answer 13

universal phenomenon identified by Butler as a review of one’s life through one’s recollections

Question 14

Retirement

Answer 14

the state of being retired from one’s business or occupation

Question 15

Grandparenting

Answer 15

New role.
Grandparenting may be shifting to slightly later age.
Most express high levels of satisfaction with their role.
Grandparents can positively influence children’s development.

Question 16

Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage

Answer 16

A theory that people who begin life with greater resources continue to have opportunities to accumulate more of them, while those who begin with few resources fall further behind.

Question 17

Generativity

Answer 17

Transcend personal interests to provide care and concern for younger and older generations