Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

According to the text, which of the following is the correct order of leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States today, from first to third:

At what age does sexual behavior reach its highest level?

According to the text, in the U.S. today, the period of middle adulthood spans the ages from:

An older adult's ability to recall well a second language used and practiced mostly in early adulthood would best be considered an example of:

Intelligence that comes with experience and education and is based on the body of knowledge and information accumulated over the years is called:

Early cross-sectional research usually showed that crystallized intelligence reaches its peak during ; fluid intelligence reaches its peak during .

Which of the following provides the best example of declarative knowledge?

Drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction, such as Viagra and Levitra, are effective for a relatively small percentage of the men who take them.

According to Arline Geronimus, the term "weathering" describes:

About what percent of middle-aged men experience erectile dysfunction on more than an infrequent basis?

According to the text, which of the following types of institutions are most likely to be involved in the retraining of an older workforce?

Professionals that adjust the way that machines and technologies work so that older workers can learn and operate them more efficiently are called:

In comparison to how well a group of young adults performs, a group of older adults would likely perform LEAST well on which of the following tasks?

Generalizing from the text, which of the following age periods is most likely to be defined by the events that are taking place in the person's life, rather than by events linked directly to biological maturation?

What is the end of menstruation called?

Since 1900, the life expectancy at birth in the United States has increased by about:

The text defines sensuality as:

Levinson's investigation of midlife crises in males revealed large differences between the experiences of successful middle-class men and unsuccessful lower-class men.

According to the results of the MIDUS survey, it is apparent that ______________ contribute to the health risks of low-income minority populations.

According to stress scales used to evaluate the degree of stress associated with particular life events, the stress linked to retirement is about the same as that linked to the death of a spouse.