Ch.15 Midlife 40-60
Agreeableness (Five Factors of Model)
Very Accepting
Osteoarthritis
-Gradual onset and progression of pain and disability with minor signs of inflammation -Fingers -Wrists -Ankles -Joints
Gradual decline in testosterone level changes in women?
-Hot flashes -Chills -Rapid heart rate -Facial hair growth
Gradual decline in testosterone level changes in men?
-Hot flashes -Chills -Rapid heart rate -Nervousness
Increase in Generativity
-Increasingly concerned with helping others achieve rather than helping themselves - Opposite of Stagnation(feeling stuck)
Psychological Benefits of Aerobic Exercise
-Lower stress -Better moods -Better cognitive functioning
FIve Factors of Model
-Neuroticism -Extraversion -Openness -Agreeableness -Conscientiousness
1 factor (decreased- fluid style factor) in intelligence abilities.
-Perceptual speed
Osteoarthritis has a ___________ effect on _____ and ____
-Psychological effect on independence and self concept
Neuroticism (Five Factors of Model)
-Anxious
Osteoporosis
-Bones become porous like Honeycombs and easy to break
Changes in men in reproduction and sex?
-Gradual decline in testosterone level -Decline is quantity of sperm -Increased risk of prostate cancer -Less demand to ejaculate -More time needed for stimulation -Difficulties achieving orgasm
Changes in women in reproduction and sex?
-Gradual decline in testosterone level --Decrease in vaginal lubrication -More time needed for stimulation -Difficulties achieving orgasm -Decreased interest (Libido)
Memory during middle age declines in working memory due to
-A crucial element to information processing -Information retention -Memory strategies -Rehearsal levels -Speed of processing
Stress
-A taxing event that exceeds your personal or social resources and endangers your well being -Day by day > major events
Crystallized Intelligence
-Skills that depends on accumulated knowledge and experience -IQ tests -Vocabulary -Logical reasoning -Increase through middle adulthood
Basic information processing skills (Fluid Intelligence)
-Speed of analyzing information -Detection of visual relationships -Capacity of working memory
What happens during menopause??
-The time when menstruation stops -Inability to bear children -Lower libido (means sex drive)
Common reported factors of a midlife crisis
-Unhappiness with life and lifestyle -Boredom -Feeling a need for adventure and change -Questioning choices, they have made -Confusion about who they are -Blaming spouse for feeling tied down -Desire for a new and passionate relationship
5 factors to improve Intelligence abilities
-Verbal ability -Inductive reasoning -Verbal memory -Spatial orientation -Numeric ability
Fluid intelligence begins to decline in ____ and continues decline through to ______
20's, 80's
The maximum heart rate you should have is?
220 minus age (maxHR)
Prostate cancer is _____% most common in men
25%
Breast cancer is ______% most common in women
26%
Leukemia cancer is ______ % least common in women
3%
Pancreas cancer is _____% least common in men
3%
Personality traits stop changing mostly by age_______
30yrs
Middle age typically associates with turning _____
40yrs
Age 50-59, _____% women are active several times a month
48%
In Aerobic Exercise moderate stress on the heart by maintain a pulse rate between____-___% of the person's maximum heart rate
60,90
Age 50-59, _____% men are active several times a month
67%
Age 40 -49 , _____% women are active several times a month
69%
Age 40-49, _____% men are active several times a month
73%
Osteoporosis is more common in ____% of _______.
80%, Women
Climateric/ Menopause
A major biological process during which they pass from their reproductive to non reproductive years
Primary Market age for Placebo's
Age 40-60
Placebo's
Anything application of "substance" whereby the person believes the substance has an effect where non actually exists.
Physical changes with Middle age
Appearance Gray hair Sagging skin Baldness Gained weight Bones and Joint
Middle age changes
Appearance Reproductive capacity Psychological Change -Intelligence -Crisis Stress and coping -We end up with more necessity to cope
With cancer death rate in middle adulthood
Death rate early to middle adulthood multiples tenfold (10x)
Conscientiousness (Five Factors of Model)
Hard Working
What happen in physical changes during middle age as a male gains weight?
Gain weight in the belly
What happen in physical changes during middle age as a female gains weight?
Gain weight in the hips, breast
Causes of Osteoporosis
Lack of Calcium Weight bearing exercise is beneficial Smoking Alcohol Caffeine Sodium intake
Type B person
Less prone to heart attack, make less money -Relaxed -Easy -Patient -Docile
Bones and Joints during middle age
Loss of bone mass
Intelligence abilities
Middle aged adults are intellectually in their prime
Aerobic Exercise
Moderate stress on the heart by maintain a pulse rate between 60-90% of the person's maximum heart rate
Type A person
More prone to heart attack, make less money -Intensely competitive -Angry -Hostile -Restless -Aggressive -Impatient
Midlife crisis is largely tied to external factors
Not specified to age Range Age 30-70
Coping
Optimistic Approach (Glass is half full) -Hardiness -Control -Commitment -Challenge
Extraversion (Five Factors of Model)
Outgoing
Reproduction and sex declines due to?
Physiological Psychological (e.g. stress)
When you are middle aged do people treat you differently?
Psychological reaction of how people will react
Midlife Crisis
Substantial inner turmoil during the transition to middle adulthood -Personal upheaval -Self doubt -Stress -Restricting of personality
Openness (Five Factors of Model)
Trying new things
