QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Chronological age vs. age identity - ANS age identity is younger than your chronological age
age of late midlife - ANS 55-65
age of middle adulthood - ANS 40-65
losses and gains of middle adulthood - ANS lose height, muscle, hearing, bone loss, lung
tissue, deep sleep, gain weight
age of hearing starting to decline - ANS 40-59
crystallized intelligence vs. fluid intelligence - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS increased
motivation, work experience, employer loyalty, better strategic thinking
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, changes in verbal and working memory - ANS verbal and working memory declines
Religion in midlife - ANS increases, women more likely to be religious than men
Big 5 factors of personality - ANS OCEAN
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
changes in 5 factors of personality - ANS increases in conscientiousness and agreeableness,
neuroticism decreases
sandwich generation - ANS parents taking care of grandparents and kids
empty nest syndrome - ANS decrease in marital satisfaction after children leave their home
what proportion of middle-aged adults experience a midlife crisis - ANS a minority
outcomes of full time grandparenting - ANS more health issues, less life satisfaction, more
stress
life expectancy of men and women in the US - ANS 78.8
3 diseases that impair vision - ANS cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma
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