Exam 13: Making It in Midlife: The Unique Challenges of Middle Adulthood.

Most middle-aged adults have parents who are

What are the "pieces of bread" on either side of the "sandwich generation?"

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

One method of treating the symptoms of menopause is MHT, or menopausal hormone therapy. This medical approach involves the use of low doses of _______________, which are sometimes combined with a synthetic form of progesterone.

Darrelle knows that male pattern baldness runs in his family, and he watches his own hair closely for any signs of thinning. If he is going to start developing this condition, where should he expect to see the earliest signs of hair loss?

The _______________ of intelligence refers to those aspects of intelligence that reflect crystallized intelligence.

Experiencing negative events in life tends to ____ immune functioning in the human body, while experiencing positive events tends to ____ those functions.​

Traits associated with a person who is low in the agreeableness factor include ruthlessness, suspiciousness, antagonism, being highly critical and stingy, and being irritable.

Which dimension of grandparenting includes cultural needs and expectations of what grandparents are to do, such as passing on the family history to the grandchildren?

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.

According to McAdams, generativity results from the complex interconnections among three categories of factors. Which of the following is NOT one of those categories?

With regard to male reproductive functioning, which of the following statements is the most accurate?

Why is it that osteoarthritis would be considered an example of a wear-and-tear disease?

Which of the following outcomes is associated with being an expert at something?

In McAdams' model, generativity is derived, in part, from the formation of a life story, or a narrative.

Osteoarthritis is to rheumatoid arthritis as ____ is to ____.​

Contrary to popular belief, getting gray hair and wrinkles is not a universal consequence of aging, and they are physical changes that only happen to about 40% of older adults.

Being under chronic stress suppresses the _______________ system.

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

____ are caused by changes to the structure of the skin and its connective and supporting tissue and worsened by sun exposure and cigarette smoking.