Module 17

Question 1

Emerging adulthood

Answer 1

Includes the time from 18 to mid twenties in not yet settled phase of life
May involve living with and still being emotionally dependent on parents
Found mostly in western cultures

Question 2

Early adulthood

Answer 2

Muscular strength, reaction time, sensory keenness and cardiac output peak in mid-twenties

Question 3

Middle adulthood

Answer 3

Physical vigor more closely linked to health and exercise than age
Female: menopause
Male: gradual decline in sperm count

Question 4

Late adulthood

Answer 4

Visual sharpness, distance perception and stamina diminish, pupils shrink and become less transparent
Immune system weakens

Question 5

End of life

Answer 5

characterized by terminal decline, typically occurs during last four years of age

Question 6

Neurocognitive Disorders

Answer 6

Aquired disorders by not lifelong marked by cognitive deficits
related to alzheimers disease, brain injury or substance abuse
results in the erosion of mental abilities that is not typical of normal aging

Question 7

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 7

marked by neural plaques, often with an onset after age 80

Entails a progressive decline in memory and other cognitive abilities

Question 8

Disease progression

Answer 8

memory, then reasoning deteriorates

Question 9

Neural involvement

Answer 9

loss of brain cells and deterioration of acetylcholine producing neurons, protein fragments that accumulate as plaque

Question 10

Transitions

Answer 10

Midlife transition occurs in early forties

Question 11

Commitments

Answer 11

Intimacy and Generativity

Question 12

Unconfirmed Beliefs

Answer 12

Immediately expressed grief is not necessarily purged faster