Exam 14: Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

In the U. S. today, the three leading causes of preventable death are smoking-related illnesses, followed by being overweight, followed by alcohol-related illnesses.

Lucille consults her doctor about osteoporosis. The doctor tells her that her chances of having a bone fracture after age 50 is about ______.

Alice is 45 years old. Compared to her sensory abilities in her mid-20s, today she likely is better able to:

According to the text, which of the following is LEAST likely to be a problem for older workers who are retraining in new, technology-oriented jobs?

Hal, age 60, is concerned about his mortality. According to the text, Hal is statistically most likely to die from:

In comparison to Levinson's view of the midlife crisis, most modern theorists view this crisis as:

Compared to research conclusions drawn in the 1980s, researchers today are more likely to see the cognitive decline that is associated with aging as being:

Eve is concerned about loss of bone mass because her mother has osteoporosis. She should understand that her loss of bone mass will most likely accelerate considerably after:

Patty is close to experiencing menopause and is concerned about the symptoms she will experience. To give her accurate information, her physician might tell her that about _____ of menopausal women report bothersome symptoms:

Since Ed has been a tax attorney for over 25 years, he is now able to analyze clients' problems and draw conclusions from experience-based information and knowledge. Although he does not solve problems as quickly as he did when he was younger, his solutions are more complex and therefore better. The fact that his solutions are more complex best illustrates which of the following concepts?

According to the text, the age group in the society that makes most of the policy decisions is referred to as:

The period of middle adulthood occurs at the same time and lasts the same length of time for everyone.

Today in the United States, about ____ of adults are either overweight or obese.

Young adults can generally outperform adults in middle age on tasks requiring high-order cognitive processing.

The text reports that in the U. S. today, Black and Hispanic Americans are much less likely to seek health care at hospital emergency rooms because the costs are simply above their ability to pay.

According to the text, adult members of minority populations in the United States are less likely than the White population to suffer from:

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.

Today in the United States, the life expectancy for adults who live to age 45 is about 70 years.

Most decision makers in government, corporations, and society are middle aged.

According to the results of the MIDUS survey, the words that best describe the respondents of minority status who were economically poor, would be: