Exam 13: Methods of Therapy: Ways of Helping

Between the ages of 40 and 70, the typical American male loses ______ in height.

Bart is dying. To ease his suffering and to allow him to die with dignity, he is taken to a homelike environment where the staff is trained to help Bart and his family adjust to his impending death. Bart is being taken to ______.

Research on development in young adulthood suggests that in becoming adults, ______.

The average age of menarche ______.

The beginning of menstruation is called the climacteric.

A disease characterized by a loss of calcium in the bones and a resulting brittleness of the bones is called ______.

There is a dramatic decline in physical strength and ability during middle adulthood.

A vision disorder in which the lenses of the eyes cloud, impairing the focusing of light on the retina, resulting in blurred vision and possible blindness, is ______.

The saddened, lonely state of those who have experienced the death of a loved one is called ______.

People who have emerged from an identity crisis with a commitment to a relatively stable set of personal beliefs and a course of action in pursuing a particular career, have the identity status of ______.

Though men in later adulthood may father children, their sperm is more prone to genetic defects than sperm of younger men.

Discuss the physical changes that take places during adolescence and the issues those changes present for adolescents and their parents.

The period of life when people are most likely to engage in risky behaviors is ______.

About ______ percent of older people feel younger than their age.

Describe the physical and sexual functioning changes that occur in late adulthood.

Tasha has decided to pursue a course of study in engineering because that is what her parents told her to do. Her identity status is best described as ______.

One's mental flexibility, as demonstrated by the ability to learn new tasks or solve problems in new areas, is known as ______ intelligence.

Ivan is 40 years old. He prefers to just let time pass by, maintaining the status quo rather than using his talents to move forward and try new activities. Erikson would say he is experiencing ______.

The belief that other people are as concerned with our thoughts and behaviors as we are is known as the ______.

Explain what the midlife transition, midlife crisis, middlescence, and empty-nest syndrome are and how they affect male and female behavior in middle adulthood.