Early and Middle Adulthood

Question 1

the amount of energy the body uses in a resting state; declines starting at 25

Answer 1

Basal metabolic rate (BMR)

Question 2

economic requirement for marriage involving money or property offered to bride and her family from the groom

Answer 2

Bride price

Question 3

economic requirement for marriage involving money or property offered to groom and his family from the bride

Answer 3

Dowry

Question 4

the type of divorce common in the West where people expect marriage to fulfill their emotional needs for love and intimacy and when it doesn’t, they divorce

Answer 4

Expressive divorce

Question 5

negative stereotypes of single people that lead to them being treated dismissively

Answer 5

Singlism

Question 6

the domestic work women must perform after they complete their shift in the workplace

Answer 6

Second shift

Question 7

immune cells produced by the thymus that fight disease

Answer 7

T cells

Question 8

immune cells produced in bone marrow that produce antibodies

Answer 8

B cells

Question 9

the natural physical decline brought about by aging

Answer 9

senescence

Question 10

basic, inevitable aging process; similar to maturation

Answer 10

Primary aging

Question 11

lifestyle choices that increase the aging process

Answer 11

Secondary aging

Question 12

the physical and emotional response to events that threaten and challenge us

Answer 12

Stress

Question 13

an assessment of an event to determine whether it is positive, negative, or neutral

Answer 13

Primary appraisal

Question 14

an assessment of whether one’s coping mechanisms are adequate to overcome a challenge

Answer 14

Secondary appraisal

Question 15

a medical problem caused by psychological, physical, and emotional difficulties

Answer 15

psychosomatic disorder

Question 16

the effort to control, reduce, or tolerate the threats that lead to stress

Answer 16

Coping

Question 17

type of thinking to deal with problems that we may not have one single answer to or all the answers to

Answer 17

Dialectical thought

Question 18

using creativity to deal with problems that have no solution or more than one solution

Answer 18

Postformal thought

Question 19

skills and strategies learned through experiences ; accumulation of knowledge

Answer 19

Crystallized intelligence

Question 20

information processing capabilities, abstract reasoning, and memory; speed of responding to new information

Answer 20

Fluid intelligence

Question 21

period between 20 and 40 when we become centered on our careers

Answer 21

Career consolidation

Question 22

reaching major milestones in our lives compared to others we know

Answer 22

Social clock

Question 23

the tendency to marry someone who is similar in race, education, age, or religion

Answer 23

Homogamy

Question 24

tendency for men to marry someone younger and smaller and for women to marry someone older and larger

Answer 24

Marriage gradient

Question 25

when the amount of body fat grows

Answer 25

Middle age spread

Question 26

loss of near vision

Answer 26

Presbyopia

Question 27

when pressure in the fluid of the eye increases and cannot drain

Answer 27

Glaucoma

Question 28

inability to hear high-frequency sounds

Answer 28

Presbycusis

Question 29

changes in the reproductive system in middle adulthood that mark the transition to being unable to have children

Answer 29

Female climacteric

Question 30

multiple activities carried out at once

Answer 30

polyphasic activities