HDFS 1500 USU Final Test correctly
answered to pass
chronological age vs. age identity - correct answer ✔✔ age identity is younger
than your chronological age
age of late midlife - correct answer ✔✔ 55-65
age of middle adulthood - correct answer ✔✔ 40-65
losses and gains of middle adulthood - correct answer ✔✔ lose height, muscle,
hearing, bone loss, lung tissue, deep sleep, gain weight
age of hearing starting to decline - correct answer ✔✔ 40-59
crystallized intelligence vs. fluid intelligence - correct answer ✔✔ fluid intelligence
is the ability to reason abstractly (declines in middle adulthood)
crystallized intelligence is accumulated info and verbal skills (continues to increase
in middle adulthood)
hormone changes in midlife - correct answer ✔✔ fertility decreases, decline in
levels in estrogen, decline in sexual hormone level and activity, erectile
dysfunction as well
contributing factors to peak work effectiveness in middle adulthood - correct
answer ✔✔ increased motivation, work experience, employer loyalty, better
strategic thinking
, changes in verbal and working memory - correct answer ✔✔ verbal and working
memory declines
Religion in midlife - correct answer ✔✔ increases, women more likely to be
religious than men
Big 5 factors of personality - correct answer ✔✔ OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
changes in 5 factors of personality - correct answer ✔✔ increases in
conscientiousness and agreeableness, neuroticism decreases
sandwich generation - correct answer ✔✔ parents taking care of grandparents
and kids
empty nest syndrome - correct answer ✔✔ decrease in marital satisfaction after
children leave their home
what proportion of middle-aged adults experience a midlife crisis - correct answer
✔✔ a minority
answered to pass
chronological age vs. age identity - correct answer ✔✔ age identity is younger
than your chronological age
age of late midlife - correct answer ✔✔ 55-65
age of middle adulthood - correct answer ✔✔ 40-65
losses and gains of middle adulthood - correct answer ✔✔ lose height, muscle,
hearing, bone loss, lung tissue, deep sleep, gain weight
age of hearing starting to decline - correct answer ✔✔ 40-59
crystallized intelligence vs. fluid intelligence - correct answer ✔✔ fluid intelligence
is the ability to reason abstractly (declines in middle adulthood)
crystallized intelligence is accumulated info and verbal skills (continues to increase
in middle adulthood)
hormone changes in midlife - correct answer ✔✔ fertility decreases, decline in
levels in estrogen, decline in sexual hormone level and activity, erectile
dysfunction as well
contributing factors to peak work effectiveness in middle adulthood - correct
answer ✔✔ increased motivation, work experience, employer loyalty, better
strategic thinking
, changes in verbal and working memory - correct answer ✔✔ verbal and working
memory declines
Religion in midlife - correct answer ✔✔ increases, women more likely to be
religious than men
Big 5 factors of personality - correct answer ✔✔ OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
changes in 5 factors of personality - correct answer ✔✔ increases in
conscientiousness and agreeableness, neuroticism decreases
sandwich generation - correct answer ✔✔ parents taking care of grandparents
and kids
empty nest syndrome - correct answer ✔✔ decrease in marital satisfaction after
children leave their home
what proportion of middle-aged adults experience a midlife crisis - correct answer
✔✔ a minority
