Life Span-Middle Adulthood
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- fluid intelligence
- Ability to solve novel problems- requires little previous knowledge ex. discovering a pattern in a set of figures
- Myopia
- nearsightedness
- Stepparenting
- have to find out
- Relationship between work and cognitive development
- seeking out mentally stimulating work helps the mind stay sharp
- Kinkeepers
- usually grandmothers; keep in touch with the grandchildren and have warmer relationships then grandfathers
- Hysterectomy
- surgical removal of the uterus
- skipped generation family
- grandparents as their grandchild's sole caregiver
- Ceativity
- develops over a lifetime in a social context
- Generativity
- concern for guiding the next generation; virtue of 'care'
- Relationship between college graduation and marriage
- some parents may find it hard to treat their offspring like adults, but most youn adults and their parent's enjoy each other's company
- "Parenting by default"
- unplanned surrogate parenting
- Age-related vision problems
- near vision, dynamic vision, sensitivity to light, visual search, speed processing, loss of visual acuity
- Sandwich generation
- caring for both elderly parents and own children
- Empty nest
- transitional phase of parenting following the last child's leaving the parents' home
- Osteoporosis
- condition in which the bones become thin and brittle as a result of rapid calcium depletion
- Revolving door syndrome
- young adults, especially men, return to their parent's home, sometimes more than once, and sometimes with their own families
- Sexual dysfunction
- a persistent disturbance in sexual desire or sexual response
- Marital capital
- financial and emotional benefits of marriage
- Forms of sexual dysfunction
- lack of interest, painful intercourse, difficulty in arousal, premature ejaculation
- Presbyopia
- progressive loss of the eyes' abilityto focus on nearby objects due to loss of elasticity in the lens
- Menopause
- cessation of menstration and of ability to bear children, typically around age 50
- marital satisfaction over time
- U shaped pattern; first 20 years the longer the marriage, the less satisfied; after 35 yrs. more satisfaction than first years of marriage
- crystalized intelligence
- Ability to use information acquired over time ex. thinking of a synonym for a word
- Weight gain
- due to loss of muscle fiber being replaced by fat
- Longest-lasting relationships in most people's lives
- siblings
- Caregiver burnout
- condition of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that can affect adults who care for relatives