{"id":421,"date":"2014-09-30T02:48:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T02:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/lifespandevelopment1x1\/?post_type=chapter&p=421"},"modified":"2016-03-18T02:31:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T02:31:36","slug":"study-guide-exam-4","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-developmentalpsych\/chapter\/study-guide-exam-4\/","title":{"raw":"Study Guide: Middle and Late Adulthood","rendered":"Study Guide: Middle and Late Adulthood"},"content":{"raw":"

Adulthood, Late Adulthood, Death and\u00a0Dying<\/h2>\r\n
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  1. Summarize physical changes that occur in midlife.<\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Define menopause and explain menopausal changes.<\/li>\r\n\t
  3. What is andropause?<\/li>\r\n\t
  4. How does the climacteric impact sexuality?<\/li>\r\n\t
  5. How does exercise impact aging?<\/li>\r\n\t
  6. Describe the ideal diet for midlife adults.<\/li>\r\n\t
  7. Which cognitive skills increase and decrease in midlife?<\/li>\r\n\t
  8. How do midlife students differ from younger students?<\/li>\r\n\t
  9. Compare the expert and the novice.<\/li>\r\n\t
  10. Is there any such thing as a midlife crisis? Explain.<\/li>\r\n\t
  11. What is Erikson's stage for midlife adults?<\/li>\r\n\t
  12. What is kinkeeping?<\/li>\r\n\t
  13. Compare types of singles.<\/li>\r\n\t
  14. How does marital satisfaction vary during the life cycle?<\/li>\r\n\t
  15. Describe Cuber and Haroff's typology of marriages.<\/li>\r\n\t
  16. What does Gottman say about communication in marriage?<\/li>\r\n\t
  17. Describe the stations of divorce.<\/li>\r\n\t
  18. How common is remarriage?<\/li>\r\n\t
  19. What happens to personality in midlife?<\/li>\r\n\t
  20. Compare styles of grandparenting.<\/li>\r\n\t
  21. Compare optimal, usual, and impaired aging.<\/li>\r\n\t
  22. Discuss demographic changes in the age structure found in the United States from 1900 to the present.<\/li>\r\n\t
  23. America and the globe are \u201cgraying.\u201dWhat does this mean?<\/li>\r\n\t
  24. How has life expectancy changed since 1900? Compare life expectancies based on gender and\u00a0race\/ethnicity.<\/li>\r\n\t
  25. What is ageism? Define elderspeak.<\/li>\r\n\t
  26. Compare primary and secondary aging and give examples of each.<\/li>\r\n\t
  27. How common are problems of vision and hearing loss among people 65 and older?<\/li>\r\n\t
  28. Describe theories of aging. Why do we age? (Include definitions of Hayflick limit and telomeres).<\/li>\r\n\t
  29. How does age impact the sensory register, working (short-term), and long-term memory?<\/li>\r\n\t
  30. What is wisdom? Does it come with age?<\/li>\r\n\t
  31. Define abnormal losses of cognitive functioning including dementia and delirium. What are nonorganic causes?<\/li>\r\n\t
  32. Contrast disengagement, activity, and continuity theories of aging.<\/li>\r\n\t
  33. What is socio-emotional selectivity theory?<\/li>\r\n\t
  34. Who cares for older, dependent adults? How many are in nursing homes?<\/li>\r\n\t
  35. Discuss elderly abuse.<\/li>\r\n\t
  36. What are the most common causes of death in the United States?<\/li>\r\n\t
  37. What are the most deadly diseases worldwide?<\/li>\r\n\t
  38. Compare physiological, social, and psychic death.<\/li>\r\n\t
  39. List and describe the five stages of loss.<\/li>\r\n\t
  40. What is palliative care?<\/li>\r\n\t
  41. Describe hospice programs.<\/li>\r\n\t
  42. Who is Dame Cicely Saunders? What are the seven pains?<\/li>\r\n\t
  43. What is anticipatory grief? Disenfranchised grief?<\/li>\r\n\t
  44. Kubler-Ross and Kessler suggest that this is a \"death-defying, grief-dismissing world\". What does this mean?<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"

    Adulthood, Late Adulthood, Death and\u00a0Dying<\/h2>\n
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    1. Summarize physical changes that occur in midlife.<\/li>\n
    2. Define menopause and explain menopausal changes.<\/li>\n
    3. What is andropause?<\/li>\n
    4. How does the climacteric impact sexuality?<\/li>\n
    5. How does exercise impact aging?<\/li>\n
    6. Describe the ideal diet for midlife adults.<\/li>\n
    7. Which cognitive skills increase and decrease in midlife?<\/li>\n
    8. How do midlife students differ from younger students?<\/li>\n
    9. Compare the expert and the novice.<\/li>\n
    10. Is there any such thing as a midlife crisis? Explain.<\/li>\n
    11. What is Erikson’s stage for midlife adults?<\/li>\n
    12. What is kinkeeping?<\/li>\n
    13. Compare types of singles.<\/li>\n
    14. How does marital satisfaction vary during the life cycle?<\/li>\n
    15. Describe Cuber and Haroff’s typology of marriages.<\/li>\n
    16. What does Gottman say about communication in marriage?<\/li>\n
    17. Describe the stations of divorce.<\/li>\n
    18. How common is remarriage?<\/li>\n
    19. What happens to personality in midlife?<\/li>\n
    20. Compare styles of grandparenting.<\/li>\n
    21. Compare optimal, usual, and impaired aging.<\/li>\n
    22. Discuss demographic changes in the age structure found in the United States from 1900 to the present.<\/li>\n
    23. America and the globe are \u201cgraying.\u201dWhat does this mean?<\/li>\n
    24. How has life expectancy changed since 1900? Compare life expectancies based on gender and\u00a0race\/ethnicity.<\/li>\n
    25. What is ageism? Define elderspeak.<\/li>\n
    26. Compare primary and secondary aging and give examples of each.<\/li>\n
    27. How common are problems of vision and hearing loss among people 65 and older?<\/li>\n
    28. Describe theories of aging. Why do we age? (Include definitions of Hayflick limit and telomeres).<\/li>\n
    29. How does age impact the sensory register, working (short-term), and long-term memory?<\/li>\n
    30. What is wisdom? Does it come with age?<\/li>\n
    31. Define abnormal losses of cognitive functioning including dementia and delirium. What are nonorganic causes?<\/li>\n
    32. Contrast disengagement, activity, and continuity theories of aging.<\/li>\n
    33. What is socio-emotional selectivity theory?<\/li>\n
    34. Who cares for older, dependent adults? How many are in nursing homes?<\/li>\n
    35. Discuss elderly abuse.<\/li>\n
    36. What are the most common causes of death in the United States?<\/li>\n
    37. What are the most deadly diseases worldwide?<\/li>\n
    38. Compare physiological, social, and psychic death.<\/li>\n
    39. List and describe the five stages of loss.<\/li>\n
    40. What is palliative care?<\/li>\n
    41. Describe hospice programs.<\/li>\n
    42. Who is Dame Cicely Saunders? What are the seven pains?<\/li>\n
    43. What is anticipatory grief? Disenfranchised grief?<\/li>\n
    44. Kubler-Ross and Kessler suggest that this is a “death-defying, grief-dismissing world”. What does this mean?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t
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