The developmental period that begins at approximately 40 to 45 years of age and extends to about 60-65 years of age
Chronic Disorders
Disorders that are characterized by slow onset and long duration. They are rare in early adulthood, they increase during middle adulthood, and they become common in late adulthood
Climacteric
the midlife transition in which fertility declines
Perimenopause
is the transitional period from normal menstrual periods to no mentrual periods at all, which often takes up to 10 years
Crystallized Intelligence
Accumulated information and verbal skills, which increases in middle adulthood
Fluid Intelligence
The ability to reason abstractly, which begins to decline from middle adulthood on
Seattle Longitudinal Study
main focus is individual change and stability in intelligence, most thourough exmaination of how people develop and change as they go through adulthood years
Author
Anonymous
ID
148524
Card Set
HS015
Description
Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood