Exam 13: Making it in Midlife: The Biopsychosocial Challenges of Middle Adulthood

Why is it that Asian American women report the fewest symptoms associated with menopause of any racial or ethnic group?

Which of the following terms refers to the responsibility an adult child feels to care for his or her parents when necessary?

The classic musical The Music Man features a character named Marion the Librarian. She is a stereotypical portrayal of a librarian - she is reserved, quiet, passive, serious, and emotionally unreactive. According to the Big Five personality trait theory, Marion is probably

Cross-cultural research examining the validity of the five-factor model of personality has found that these five factors show up in at least ____ different cultures, including some that have rarely been studied.

Wilbur goes to see his physician complaining of mild inflammation and severe pain in his joints. Wilbur may be suffering from ________.

In her groundbreaking research, Kivnick (1982, 1985) identified ____ dimensions of meaning that grandparents often assign to their roles.

A Type ___ behavior pattern is to being impatient, hostile, and aggressive as a Type ___ behavior pattern is to being more relaxed and easygoing.

National statistics find that about ____ million Americans suffer from osteoporosis or are at high risk due to low bone density.

In the cultural ________ style of grandparenting, Native American grandparents might request that their grandchildren be allowed to live with them to ensure that the grandchildren are taught their native ways.

Ina and Larry make sure to arrange for a family reunion once each year. They contact all of the family members-siblings, children, cousins, nieces and nephews-and let them know where and when the gathering will take place. Because they are responsible for gathering the family together, Ina and Larry could be described as ________.

Bobby is an expert at chess. Peter is a novice at chess. Which of the following differences in their chess-playing would you expect to see?

You are having a very honest and open conversation with a middle-aged female friend who shares that she has recently gone through menopause and that she is having several sexual and physical symptoms. Which of the following would be the best advice you can give her?

"You're going to like this guy," your buddy says to you about a new friend who is coming to your house. "He never has a bad thing to say about people, he gets along and works well with others, and he's just pleasant to be around." Based on this description, you are about to be introduced to someone who is

In the normal course of female development, menopause precedes the climacteric.

As women enter midlife, they experience a major biological change called ________, during which they pass from their reproductive to their non-reproductive years.

The most effective treatment for the symptoms of menopause is menopausal hormone therapy, which combines low levels of estrogen with moderate levels of testosterone in a pill that is taken twice a week and acts in a time-release fashion.

Based on research, which of the following statements BEST summarizes how middle-aged adults solve problems?

Somewhere around 50 to 55 years of age, men ordinarily stop producing sperm cells.

Full-time custodial grandparents experience higher levels of stress than part-time caregiving grandparents.

According to McCrae and Costa (1994), personality traits stop changing and are "set in plaster" by the time we hit ____ years of age.