Middle Aged Adults
More
(more/less) people are having grandparents as parents
Some
(some/all) parents have trouble with empty nest
Social convoy
A close circle of friends that offer care, support and concern throughout life
Adult orphan
An adult whose parents are both dead
males
At first, (females/males) have a higher chance for heart disease, then the roles reverse
51
Average age for menopause
4
By 65, most middle adults have ___ chronic illnesses
Better
Drive (better/worse)
climacteric
End of ovulation for females and decline in sexual activity of males
Generativity vs stagnation
Erikson's task for MA
Decreases
Fluid intelligence ____
less
Gender traits become (more/less) prominent
youth mortality
Jung said that the two difficult tasks of MA is giving up the image of ____ and acknowledging ____
Boomerang babies
Kids who go to college, get a job, and then go back home
Heart disease
Leading cause of death
Most
MA have (most/least) stress
45 70
Middle years lasts from ___ to ___
Hypertension
Most common heart disease illness
Jung
Normative adult development is blend of conscious and unconscious: emergence of true self
Sandwich generation
Parents who are taking care of their parents and their children at the same time
Filial responsibility
Personal responsibility to protect and take care of one's parents
High hearing
Presbycusis is reduced ____ (near vision/high hearing)
near vision
Presbyopia is reduced ______ (near vision/high hearing)
not
The brain (does/not) deteriorate with age
Senescence
The gradual normal aging process
Varies
The rate of senescence ____ and depends mostly on family trends
information self comfort
The socioemotional selectivity theory says that social interaction's goals are... 1) source of ____ 2) develop a sense of ____ 3) source of _____
Jung
Took an introspective approach to adult development
African
___ Americans are more likely to die of heart disease, cancer, stroke
White
___ Americans more likely to have bone cancer
Positive emotions
____ ____ protect against disease
Women
____ find empty nest syndrome harder, but not ALL think it is difficult
Intelligence
____ remains constant
Social
_____ networks are smaller and more intimate
Socioemotional selectivity
______ theory states that social interaction has 3 main goals: 1) source of information 2) develop a sense of self 3) source of comfort
