a time of transition--shifting priorities and outlooks on life from adolescence through the remainder of life
What is adulthood?
100
a transition period in a man's life consisting of five stages that each last about 5 years
What is Levinson's Theory of Male Development?
100
idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age
What is the decremental model of aging?
100
it is inevitable and different cultures deal with it in different manners
What is death?
100
for most adults, the process of what is slow and gradual
What is physical decline?
200
In general, the time period in which young adults are at their physical peak
What is 18 to 30 years of age?
200
Levinson's stage where a man begins to question tentative commitments made in earlier years, and begins to make changes before it's too late
What is the "age 30 crisis?"
200
prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
What is ageism?
200
the study of death and dying
What is thanatology?
200
This remains relatively stable throughout life
What is a person's basic character?
300
three of the most common causes of death in later adulthood
What are heart disease, cancer, and cirrhosis of the liver?
300
the desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations
What is generativity?
300
physical strength and the senses decline this much annually through adulthood
What is 1%?
300
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
What are Kubler Ross's Five Stages of Psychological Adjustment to Death?
300
the ability to use accumulated knowledge and learning in appropriate situations
What is crystallized intelligence?
400
the biological event in which a woman's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced
What is menopause?
400
a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past
What is stagnation?
400
decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people in old age
What is senile dementia?
400
most patients who use this extensively throughout their illness are people who have become accustomed to coping with all difficult life situations in this way
What is denial?
400
the ability to solve abstract, relational problems and generate new hypotheses
What is fluid intelligence?
500
percentage of marriages that end in divorce
What is 40%-60%?
500
the event in a woman's life that surrounds the departure from the home of the last child
What is the "empty nest" syndrome?
500
a condition that destroys a person's ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for his or herself
What is Alzheimer's disease?
500
a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying
What is a hospice?
500
much of our fear of growing older is rooted in this
What are stereotypes of what it means to grow older?