Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

This type of skill is action-oriented, involving how activities are carried out:

Death in middle adulthood is better characterized as the result of the development of chronic diseases that develop prematurely in high-risk individuals, whereas death in later adulthood is better described as resulting from age-related processes that are common to almost all people.

Marge has acquired knowledge of the law through her 30 years as a litigator and from her years studying in law school. Her knowledge, accumulated over the years, is called:

Brain damage is more likely to affect fluid intelligence than crystallized intelligence.

Which of the following statements regarding changes to bone mass in middle age is TRUE?

According to the text, the stress of life events is additive, meaning that when stressful events occur at about the same time, their effects are cumulative.

Illness may follow periods of prolonged stress

With respect to sensory changes in middle age, one commonly experiences a(n):

60 According to the text, studies show that about ______ of men over the age of 40 will experience some erectile dysfunction.

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?

Manuel, age 52, has the experience and self-knowledge to allow him to manage his own life, and is able to make decisions with ease and self-confidence. This is why Manuel is considered part of:

Melissa is in middle adulthood. If she is typical, when can she expect menopause to occur?

If you were to conduct a survey of adults who smoke cigarettes, you would expect about ____ of these people would report that they want to quit smoking; of these, less than ____ will actually be able to quit.

Although most adults experience gradual decline in their overall health during middle adulthood, their sense of well-being and satisfaction with life remain intact during these years.

In comparison to members of the white majority in the U.S., African Americans are more likely to die from all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following is NOT a physical change associated with middle adulthood?

Martha is 50 years old and is beginning to experience the symptoms associated with menopause. About how old will she likely be when the process of menopause is finished?

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

Statistically speaking, which of the following people would be MOST likely to be obese:

In Levinson's later work, he studied the way in which women move through middle adulthood. According to this research, Levinson concluded that women: