Chapter Thirteen

Question 1

Middle Adulthood

Answer 1

Individuals from ages 40/45 to 60/65
The majority of the population is in middle adulthood

Question 2

What are your 30’s considered?

Answer 2

30’s can be lumped together with both early adulthood and middle adulthood, as well as made into their own category known as “early middle adulthood”

Question 3

Healthspan

Answer 3

Period of a persons life during which they are generally healthy and free from serious or chronic illness.

Question 4

Longevity and Healthspan

Answer 4

Longevity aims to help expand the number of years that are considered a healthy life.

Question 5

Lifespan

Answer 5

The amount of years someone is alive

Question 6

Age Identity

Answer 6

Most adults feel 20% younger than they actually are.This is better for physical health!

Question 7

Senescence

Answer 7

Process of cell deterioration, marked by cells losing their abilities to grow and divide

Question 8

Physical signs of aging (senescence)

Answer 8

1. Wrinkles and saggy skin
2. Age spots
3. Yellowing teeth

Question 9

Biological Aging and Size

Answer 9

1. Lose height
2. Gain weight
3. Sarcopenia: age related loss of muscle mass and strength

Question 10

What can combat sarcopenia?

Answer 10

Weight and strength training

Question 11

Biological Aging and Lungs

Answer 11

Lung tissue is less elastic around 55

Question 12

Biological Aging and the Cardiovascular System

Answer 12

1. High blood pressure
2. High cholesterol

Question 13

Biological Aging and the Senses

Answer 13

1.Vision: near sight diminishes
2. Hearing: high frequencies go first
3. Touch seems unaffected

Question 14

Biological Aging and Immunity

Answer 14

Increase in autoimmunity

Question 15

Biological Aging and Skin and Hair

Answer 15

1. Hair thins and grays
2. Skin wrinkles and damages more easily
3. Facial hair
4. Nails thicken

Question 16

Biological Aging and Sleep

Answer 16

1. Waking becomes more common around 40’s
2. Sleep disordered breathing
3. Restless leg syndrome

Question 17

Death in Middle Adulthood

Answer 17

Most commonly due to cancer

Question 18

Sexual Development

Answer 18

Sexual activity slowly declines until around 60-65

Question 19

Reproductive Development

Answer 19

12% of middle aged couples are infertile, as biologically, women should have children before 25

Question 20

Infertility

Answer 20

Inability to conceive after trying for a year

Question 21

Climacteric

Answer 21

Declining of fertility
-menopause and andropause

Question 22

Menopause

Answer 22

Cessation of a woman’s periods, often in late 40’s to early 50’s

Question 23

A few Menopause symptoms

Answer 23

1. Hot flashes
2. Joint Pain
3. Digestive issues
4. Hair loss

Question 24

Andropause

Answer 24

Hormonal change in men marked by a decline in sexual hormone levels. commonly associated with erectile dysfunction

Question 25

“Treatment” for Menopause

Answer 25

Hormone replacement treatment
-is often linked to cancer
-eases symptoms, not reverses menopause

Question 26

I.Q.

Answer 26

I.Q. Abilities rise and fall
1. Math slows around 40
2. Verbal rises until 60’s

Question 27

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 27

Ability to reason abstractly
1. may decline around 65
2. includes short term memory, abstract thought, and thinking speed

Question 28

Crystalized Intelligence

Answer 28

Accumulation of information and verbal skills as a result of education and experience
1. Increases through mid adulthood
2. Includes vocabulary, formulas, historical facts

Question 29

Cattell and Horn Components of Intelligence

Answer 29

Fluid and and Crystalized