Exam 8: Middle Adulthood

Jessica is experiencing menopause. She discusses hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with her gynecologist to help mitigate some of the symptoms of menopause. Jessica's gynecologist informs her that HRT____.

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Which personality trait contrasts organization, thoroughness, and reliability with carelessness, negligence, and unreliability?

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Define the terms crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence and indicate how they change in middle adulthood.

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Crystallized intelligence: A cluster of knowledge and skills that depends on accumulated information and experience, awareness of social conventions, and good judgment. This type of intelligence tends to increase through middle adulthood.
Fluid intelligence: A person's skills at processing information. This type of intelligence tends to decline through middle adulthood.

According to a longitudinal study performed by Schaie et al., which person is likely to score the lowest in verbal ability (assuming good health for all): Caitlyn 25 years old; Melissa 39 years old; Kathy 53 years old; and Eleanor 67 years old?

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Question 4

In the context of cognitive development, the fact that some aspects of intellectual functioning may improve while others remain stable or decline is referred to as ____.

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Question 5

Which person demonstrates typical workforce expectations during middle adulthood?

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Question 6

According to a longitudinal study performed by Schaie et al., considering all things are equal, which person is likely to score the highest in perceptual speed (assuming good health for all): Caitlyn 25 years old; Melissa 39 years old; Kathy 53 years old; Eleanor 67 years old?

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Question 7

Which type of cognitive function appears to be most negatively affected in middle adulthood?

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Question 8

Which personality trait contrasts nervousness, moodiness, and sensitivity to negative stimuli with coping ability?

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Question 9

According to the life-events approach, list five stressful life challenges and changes of middle adulthood.

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Question 10

A psychological shift into middle adulthood that is theorized to occur between the ages of 40 and 45 as people begin to believe they have more to look back upon than forward to is referred to as a midlife ____.

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Question 11

What approach focuses on the challenges and changes of life that people encounter during middle age?

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Question 12

The development of malignant or cancerous cells in parts of the body other than where they originated from is referred to as ____.

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Question 13

Describe each of the "big five" personality traits.

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Question 14

Why is it believed that IQ scores in the United States have risen over the past couple of generations?

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Question 15

Arteriosclerosis is best defined as the ____.

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Question 16

How do friendships typically change from young to middle adulthood?

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Question 17

Once their children become emerging or young adults, most parents in the United States agonize over "launching" their children into the world to live on their own.

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Question 18

During middle adulthood, the risk of adult-onset diabetes increases as body tissues lose their sensitivity to insulin.

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Question 19

Bone, which consists largely of calcium, begins to lose density and strength at around the age of ____.

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Jessica is experiencing menopause. She discusses hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with her gynecologist to help mitigate some of the symptoms of menopause. Jessica's gynecologist informs her that HRT____.

Which personality trait contrasts organization, thoroughness, and reliability with carelessness, negligence, and unreliability?

Define the terms crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence and indicate how they change in middle adulthood.

According to a longitudinal study performed by Schaie et al., which person is likely to score the lowest in verbal ability (assuming good health for all): Caitlyn 25 years old; Melissa 39 years old; Kathy 53 years old; and Eleanor 67 years old?

In the context of cognitive development, the fact that some aspects of intellectual functioning may improve while others remain stable or decline is referred to as ____.

Which person demonstrates typical workforce expectations during middle adulthood?

According to a longitudinal study performed by Schaie et al., considering all things are equal, which person is likely to score the highest in perceptual speed (assuming good health for all): Caitlyn 25 years old; Melissa 39 years old; Kathy 53 years old; Eleanor 67 years old?

Which type of cognitive function appears to be most negatively affected in middle adulthood?

Which personality trait contrasts nervousness, moodiness, and sensitivity to negative stimuli with coping ability?

According to the life-events approach, list five stressful life challenges and changes of middle adulthood.

A psychological shift into middle adulthood that is theorized to occur between the ages of 40 and 45 as people begin to believe they have more to look back upon than forward to is referred to as a midlife ____.

What approach focuses on the challenges and changes of life that people encounter during middle age?

The development of malignant or cancerous cells in parts of the body other than where they originated from is referred to as ____.

Describe each of the "big five" personality traits.

Why is it believed that IQ scores in the United States have risen over the past couple of generations?

Arteriosclerosis is best defined as the ____.

How do friendships typically change from young to middle adulthood?

Once their children become emerging or young adults, most parents in the United States agonize over "launching" their children into the world to live on their own.

During middle adulthood, the risk of adult-onset diabetes increases as body tissues lose their sensitivity to insulin.

Bone, which consists largely of calcium, begins to lose density and strength at around the age of ____.

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