Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

According to the text, about what percent of the adult population either maintains a stable level of intellectual performance or increases their performance well into their 70s?

Bart, age 40, asks his doctor about what sensory changes he should expect. The doctor will most likely tell him that:

The climacteric is experienced by:

The death rate due to accidents declines sharply when adults move from early adulthood into middle adulthood.

In earlier cross-sectional studies of age-related changes in intelligence, the typical finding was that crystallized intelligence _________ and fluid intelligence _________ during middle adulthood.

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?

According to earlier cross-sectional studies of age-related changes in intelligence, scores on which of the following tests would be most likely to DECREASE most substantially with age?

Before menopause, the rate of cardiovascular disease is _______ for men, compared to women; after menopause the rate of cardiovascular disease is ________ for men, compared to women.

In the United States, education is related to life expectancy for both men and women, and those with more education are likely to live longer.

Tyrone has gone through many stress-producing events lately. According to the Stress Scale printed in the text, which of the following events in Tyrone's life probably produced the most stress:

Reginald's tennis game remains just about the same as always, even though he has reached middle age. The most likely reason for this is:

Today in the United States, alcohol consumption is the ______ leading cause of preventable death in the United States.

After Ralph turned 50, he began to have occasional problems with erectile dysfunction. If he asked his physician for a prescription to help with this problem, he should assume that the drugs prescribed would help about _____ of the men that have this problem.

According to the research cited in the text, what percent of menopausal women report their symptoms as bothersome?

The life expectancy today for individuals who have reached the age of 45 in the United States is:

In middle age, Janice can expect declines in sensitivity to all of the following EXCEPT:

Recently, Jim has begun to focus on his feeling that he has accomplished the career goals he set for himself and he now does not know what to do with his life. He feels frustrated and confused, and he wonders if the excitement in his life is mostly behind him. According to Levinson, Jim is experiencing:

Which of the following physical changes is typically experienced more severely in men than in women?

Laura has been feeling older lately and has begun to re-evaluate the choices she has made thus far in her life. She decides that she needs a little more excitement, so she buys a new red sports car. Her response is best considered to be an example of:

Between the ages of 45 and 54, the cause of the largest percentage of deaths is __________; between the ages of 55 and 64, the cause of the largest percentage of deaths is _________.