Portage Learning Developmental
Psychology 140
"50% of marriages end in divorce" - ANS -based on the 1970's prediction. rate has dropped
since
50% is not based on the current number of couples who have actually divorced. It reflects a
prediction of the currently married couples likely to get divorced
1,000 marriages in 2019 only 14.9 ended in divorce. lower divorce rate means longer marriage
pandemic: early signs show that rates would increase but it has actually brought couples closer
together. number continues to decline (may increase just a little bit)
article: college educated and economically better off American's are more likely to stay married.
article: downward trend for new marriages (covid, can't afford a wedding)
\"launching" children - ANS -child coming of age and leaving the home.
becoming common to not be a one time thing. Children come and go from the family home
during emerging adulthood years.
Result: strain on middle-aged parents (financial and emotional)
\a factor that delays Alzheimer's - ANS -education
\age-related cognitive changes that can occur - ANS -slower processing—taking longer to think
through and react to things
increased trouble with free recall of information
increased trouble with the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. (when one knows an answer and
feels like they can recall it but it can't be retrieved)
\Areas where middle-aged adults outperformed their younger selves: - ANS -verbal abilities
(such as increased vocabulary)
spatial reasoning
simple math (such as real-world problem solving)
abstract reasoning
\Changes that occur in early adulthood - ANS -maximum heart rate may gradually decrease,
respiratory capacity gradually decreases (becomes noticeable after age 25 under heavy
exercise conditions), lens of the eye stiffens and thickens, sensitivity to sound at high
frequencies decreases, fast-twitch muscles decline in size and amount
, \chose one of Sternberg's type of love and describe a couple that exemplifies this. - ANS
-Compassionate: a couple who have been married for a long time who used have seen a
decrease in passion but have intimacy (warm communication) and commitment (decide to stay
with each other)
\Climacteric - ANS -midlife transition during which fertility declines. women become unable to
bear children, men become less fertile
women's estrogen levels drop (perimenopause), culminating menopause
\Companionate love - ANS -after the relationship has been going for sometime. The love is
warm and trusting, but without much passion
reasons: lose initial passion
However: successful marriages report they love each other more than they did earlier usually.
but the form of love may look different than earlier on
\companionate love - ANS -intimacy and commitment
\Cons of Hormone Replacement Therapy - ANS -Increased risk of certain cancers—breast,
uterine, heart attack, stroke in some women
\Consummate love - ANS -intimacy and passion and commitment
\development - ANS -multidirectional: improve and decline
\Early Adulthood - ANS -20's and 30's
First developmental grouping of the adult years
\Emerging adulthood - ANS -in-between period during which individuals leave adolescence but
are not fully adults
\experts recommend that women who started menopause after the age 45 and who aren't
bothered by menopausal symptoms should not begin hormone replacement therapy - ANS -true
\fatuous love - ANS -passion and commitment
\General Social Survey - ANS -Survey on adults 40+
Married couples in the US have sexual intercourse 58 times a year (opposite of the myth that
singles have more sex)
Consider: age since sexual activity tends to drop with each decade
\hormone replacement therapy - ANS -the use of the female hormones estrogen and progestin
to replace those the body no longer makes after menopause
\how to respond to someone who says that "50% of marriages end in divorce" - ANS -This has
been put in our brains due to media. This number is misleading.
This number is predicted from research from the 1970's.
The figure "50%" is actually not based on the current marriages that end in divorce but a
prediction of percentages of current married couples likely to divorce.
Psychology 140
"50% of marriages end in divorce" - ANS -based on the 1970's prediction. rate has dropped
since
50% is not based on the current number of couples who have actually divorced. It reflects a
prediction of the currently married couples likely to get divorced
1,000 marriages in 2019 only 14.9 ended in divorce. lower divorce rate means longer marriage
pandemic: early signs show that rates would increase but it has actually brought couples closer
together. number continues to decline (may increase just a little bit)
article: college educated and economically better off American's are more likely to stay married.
article: downward trend for new marriages (covid, can't afford a wedding)
\"launching" children - ANS -child coming of age and leaving the home.
becoming common to not be a one time thing. Children come and go from the family home
during emerging adulthood years.
Result: strain on middle-aged parents (financial and emotional)
\a factor that delays Alzheimer's - ANS -education
\age-related cognitive changes that can occur - ANS -slower processing—taking longer to think
through and react to things
increased trouble with free recall of information
increased trouble with the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. (when one knows an answer and
feels like they can recall it but it can't be retrieved)
\Areas where middle-aged adults outperformed their younger selves: - ANS -verbal abilities
(such as increased vocabulary)
spatial reasoning
simple math (such as real-world problem solving)
abstract reasoning
\Changes that occur in early adulthood - ANS -maximum heart rate may gradually decrease,
respiratory capacity gradually decreases (becomes noticeable after age 25 under heavy
exercise conditions), lens of the eye stiffens and thickens, sensitivity to sound at high
frequencies decreases, fast-twitch muscles decline in size and amount
, \chose one of Sternberg's type of love and describe a couple that exemplifies this. - ANS
-Compassionate: a couple who have been married for a long time who used have seen a
decrease in passion but have intimacy (warm communication) and commitment (decide to stay
with each other)
\Climacteric - ANS -midlife transition during which fertility declines. women become unable to
bear children, men become less fertile
women's estrogen levels drop (perimenopause), culminating menopause
\Companionate love - ANS -after the relationship has been going for sometime. The love is
warm and trusting, but without much passion
reasons: lose initial passion
However: successful marriages report they love each other more than they did earlier usually.
but the form of love may look different than earlier on
\companionate love - ANS -intimacy and commitment
\Cons of Hormone Replacement Therapy - ANS -Increased risk of certain cancers—breast,
uterine, heart attack, stroke in some women
\Consummate love - ANS -intimacy and passion and commitment
\development - ANS -multidirectional: improve and decline
\Early Adulthood - ANS -20's and 30's
First developmental grouping of the adult years
\Emerging adulthood - ANS -in-between period during which individuals leave adolescence but
are not fully adults
\experts recommend that women who started menopause after the age 45 and who aren't
bothered by menopausal symptoms should not begin hormone replacement therapy - ANS -true
\fatuous love - ANS -passion and commitment
\General Social Survey - ANS -Survey on adults 40+
Married couples in the US have sexual intercourse 58 times a year (opposite of the myth that
singles have more sex)
Consider: age since sexual activity tends to drop with each decade
\hormone replacement therapy - ANS -the use of the female hormones estrogen and progestin
to replace those the body no longer makes after menopause
\how to respond to someone who says that "50% of marriages end in divorce" - ANS -This has
been put in our brains due to media. This number is misleading.
This number is predicted from research from the 1970's.
The figure "50%" is actually not based on the current marriages that end in divorce but a
prediction of percentages of current married couples likely to divorce.
