PART 15. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

Question 1

_______ appeared in the dictionary in 1895 as middle-aged adults took on new roles at midlife.

Answer 1

Middle age

Question 2

It is an age-related, progressive loss of the eye’s ability to focus on nearby objects due to loss of elasticity in the lens.

Answer 2

Presbyopia

Question 3

It is the term used for nearsightedness.

Answer 3

Myopia

Question 4

_______ is an age-related, gradual loss of hearing, which accelerates after age 55, especially with regards to sounds at higher frequencies.

Answer 4

Presbycusis

Question 5

True or False. Hearing loss proceeds twice as quickly in women than men.

Answer 5

False. Hearing loss proceeds twice as quickly in MEN THAN WOMEN.

Question 6

This is the use of energy to maintain vital functions.

Answer 6

Basal metabolism

Question 7

It refers to the maximum amount of air that can be drawn in with a deep breath and expelled. This begins to diminish around age 40.

Answer 7

Vital capacity

Question 8

It is the stage in life wherein women become unable to bear a child and men’s ability to reproduce declines.

Answer 8

Middle adulthood

Question 9

It happens when women permanently stops ovulating and menstruating. As a result, they can’t conceive a child anymore.

Answer 9

Menopause

Question 10

Menopause undergoes a process called _________ which lasts 3 to 5 years.

Answer 10

menopausal transition (3-5 years).

Question 11

Menstrual transition starts with _______, aka climacteric. This is marked by the declining production of mature ova and estrogen.

Answer 11

perimenopause

Question 12

Due to declines in testosterone production, some middle-aged men experience ________ or impotence. This is the inability of a man to achieve or maintain an erect penis.

Answer 12

erectile dysfunction

Question 13

This disease is also a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and kidney disease.

Answer 13

Hypertension

Question 14

A disease that is marked by defective insulin production. This results to high levels of glucose since they are not converted to energy.

Answer 14

Diabetes

Question 15

What do you call the condition in which the bones become thin and brittle as a result of rapid calcium depletion?

Answer 15

Osteoporosis

Question 16

__________ is the diagnostic X-ray test of the breast.

Answer 16

Mammography

Question 17

It is the treatment with artificial estrogen, sometimes in combination with progesterone, to relieve or prevent symptoms caused by decline in estrogen levels after menopause.

Answer 17

Hormone therapy

Question 18

_______ refers to the damage that occurs when the perceived emotional demands, exceed a person’s capacity to cope with them.

Answer 18

Stress

Question 19

True or False. Men usually respond to stress with the typical fight or flight. Women, on the other hand, respond with tend and befriend.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False. Middle-aged adults are more likely to suffer from serious psychological distress.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

An intelligence that is proposed by Horn and Cattell as the ability to solve novel problems. This is somehow independent of educational and cultural influences.

Answer 21

Fluid intelligence

Question 22

The intelligence which is proposed by Horn and Cattell as the ability to remember and use learned information. This is largely dependent of education and culture.

Answer 22

Crystal intelligence

Question 23

_________ as Hoyer describes it, is the process of that allows expertise to compensate for declines in information-processing ability by bundling relevant knowledge together.

Answer 23

Encapsulation

Question 24

True or False. A certain degree of IQ is needed in creativity, but is not strongly related to IQ.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Creativity arises from a combination of ________ and ________.

Answer 25

social contexts and individual differences.

Question 26

It is the perceived emotional demands.

Answer 26

stressors

Question 27

On average, creativity and production of creative outputs tend to peak around the ____.

Answer 27

30s

Question 28

________ is the gradual transition from work to retirement.

Answer 28

Phased retirement

Question 29

________, to an adult, is the ability to use printed and written information to function in society, achieve goals, and develop knowledge as well as potential.

Answer 29

Literacy