Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

The text cites examples of cross-cultural research about how women experience menopause. In general, these studies suggest that reports of negative symptoms vary ________ from culture to culture, suggesting the importance of __________ factors in explanations.

According to the Stress Scale printed in the text, which of the following life events is associated with the HIGHEST level of stress?

In 1998 in the U. S., about what percentage of women between the ages of 45 and 64 were taking some form of hormone replacement therapy?

According to the text, the greatest age-related decline in deaths from ages 35-44 to ages 55-64 is in which of the following causes of death?

Which of the following groups has the HIGHEST death rate during middle adulthood?

Men are much more satisfied than are women with their sexual partners throughout adulthood.

If you were to conduct a survey of 100 middle-aged women and asked them a series of questions about what they worry about as they are getting older, you would expect that the largest percentage would respond that they are MOST worried about:

If a woman's probability of having a bone fracture after age 50 is 50%, what is the probability that a man will have a bone fracture after age 50?

If you were going to advise a middle-aged adult on how to best maintain and improve her cognitive abilities into older adulthood, your best advice would be to tell her to:

The climacteric is experienced by both men and women, but menopause is a biological event that only women experience.

Statistically speaking, which of the following people would most likely report the LOWEST level of sexual satisfaction?

In 1998 in the U. S., about what percentage of women between the ages of 45 and 64 were taking some form of hormone replacement therapy?

The personal and psychological adjustments associated with menopause are experienced by women around the world in highly similar ways.

According to the text

Studies show that many middle-aged adults have sex infrequently and most have conventional ideas about love, sex, and marriage.

In the United States today, most middle-aged women express little regret about entering menopause.

According to transitional models, if crises do occur they generally are the result of:

If you were to advise a young adult about the best way to live longer, the four things you should say would be to get regular physical exercise, quit smoking, don't drink too much alcohol, and control your weight.

Bob tells his 45-year-old father to look forward to middle age, since this is a period in which most people experience only a slight decline in overall health but an increase in their sense of well-being and satisfaction with life. Bob's comment is:

Which of the following sensory abilities usually improved during middle adulthood?