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lifespan.15
lifespan.15.middle adulthood
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| senescence | naturally occuring declines related to age |
| height loss p513 | women 2 in. men 1 in. |
| osteaporosis p513 | lack of calcium |
| strength-age 60 p513 | lose 10% |
| visual acuity p514 | (blank) |
| presbyopia -514 | (blank) |
| glaucoma p514 | fluid pressure increases due to overproduction |
| inner ear - cilia - hair cells p514 | (blank) |
| ear - presbycusis | 12% people -more men - high-pitched sound loss |
| sound localization p514 | identify direction of sound |
| reaction time p515 | loud noises - 20% |
| reaction time-nervous systems slows p515 | (blank) |
| exercise-maintains neural reactions p516 | (blank) |
| sex once a week p516 | (blank) |
| men-less testosteronep516 | (blank) |
| sexual intercourse-chart p517 | (blank) |
| female climacteric p517 | 15-20 years |
| menopause p517 no more menstruation | (blank) |
| one year-no menstruation - menopause p517 | (blank) |
| less estrogen & progesterone p517 | (blank) |
| hot flashes - cultural differences -518 | (blank) |
| perimenopause - 10 years prior to menopause | radical fluctuations in hormone production |
| menopause-depression? p518 | (blank) |
| male climacteric p518 | (blank) |
| prostate gland enlargement p518 | (blank) |
| erectile dysfunction p520 | (blank) |
| fear cancer p521 | (blank) |
| diabetes, hypertension, death rates p521 | (blank) |
| afraid? p521 | (blank) |
| preventive health care chart p522 | (blank) |
| death rate 1/2 of the 1940's p523 | (blank) |
| Af. Am. 2x Caucasians p523 | (blank) |
| SES & death rates p523 | (blank) |
| women-higher illness but men more serious p523 | (blank) |
| research money-more for men p524 | (blank) |
| psycho neuro immunologists p524 | (blank) |
| stress p524-525 | (blank) |
| coronary heart disease - low in Japan p525 | (blank) |
| chart-heart rate death rates | (blank) |
| Type A's p.526 | (blank) |
| polyphasic activities p526 | multiple activities |
| Type A-5x heart problems overall as Type B | (blank) |
| Type A - hostility makes for heart attacks p526 | (blank) |
| Type D - distressed - anxiety p526 | (blank) |
| Cancer - p527 | (blank) |
| chart-breast cancer p528 | (blank) |
| cancer-psychology p529 | (blank) |
| cross-sectional studies - cohort effects-longitudinal studies p531 | (blank) |
| fluid intelligence-lower - crystallized intelligence (experience) higher p532 | (blank) |
| numeric ability increases until 40 p533 | (blank) |
| competence during middle age? p533 | (blank) |
| selective optimization p534 | people concentrate on skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas |
| experts use different neural pathways to solve problems p534 | (blank) |
| experts develop strategies-more flexible p534 | (blank) |
| sensory memory p535 | initial stage of memory |
| short-term memory p535 | holds 15-20 seconds |
| long-term memory p535 | stored permanently |
| memory-with age, people register & stor information less efficiently p 535 | (blank) |
| memory schemas p536 | (blank) |
| schema-Native Americans p536 | (blank) |
| mnemonics p536 | formal strategies for organizing material |
| mnemoics - p537 | 6 suggestions |
| encoding specificity phenomenon | recal info in environments similar to where they learned it |
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