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