Exam 13: Methods of Therapy: Ways of Helping

Explain whether or not there is a male equivalent of menopause and describe the physiological changes men experience during middle age.

A house or facility providing supportive care to dying patients is ______.

About ______ percent of the elderly will spend at least some time in a nursing home.

______ the leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States.

As people age, their metabolic rate ______ and they require ______ calories to maintain their body weight.

The major challenge of adolescence is ______.

As adults age, ______.

For young Americans today, the transition to adulthood is marked by getting married and having children.

______ of adolescents who are sexually active report using contraceptives consistently.

Menopause brings to an end a woman's child-bearing years.

The point in people's lives where they shift from viewing themselves in of years already lived to viewing themselves in terms of years left to live is called ______.

Emerging adulthood refers to a period of development spanning the ages from ______.

Explain what successful aging is, and identify and briefly explain the three components of successful aging.

The stage in Piaget's model that is characterized by abstract, logical thought, and deduction from principles is the ______.

The timing of puberty, and the physical changes occurring in puberty, are largely controlled by ______.

Levinson labeled the period in which we tend to reassess the choices made in the early twenties is called the ______.

Older people who attribute occasional health problems to ______ factors are more optimistic about surmounting them.

Rates of sexual intercourse among teens have been dropping in recent years.

Ovulation begins to occur ______.

Elroy is horrified by the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001. But while he completely disagrees with the actions of the terrorists, he is able to logically sort how their beliefs led to their behaviors and accurately hypothesize what was probably going through their minds as they carried out their acts. To be able to do this, he would have to be in Piaget's ______.