Cognitive
Case Study: Breast Cancer
Midlife Crisis
Activities & Participation
100

What is neurogenesis?

What is the generation of functional neurons 

100

How has the rate of breast cancer diagnosis changed in recent years?

Increased

100

10-20% of people experience this during middle adulthood

What is midlife crisis

100

What does multigenerational families mean?

Three generations or more live under one roof

200

Name at least two protective factors that combat cognitive decline

Physical exercise

Education

Healthy Diet


200

What is one factor that is considered when evaluating an individual’s risk of developing breast cancer?

What is age/family history/own medical history?

200

This occurs when intensity, magnitude of the roles/responsibilities increase, potentially resulting in a midlife crisis

What is overload?

200

What are the four stages of Schaie and Willis’s Stage of Cognitive Development?

Responsible stage, executive stage, self-efficacy stage, and locus of control

300

What are two areas of cognitive decline in middle-aged adults?

What is number and perceptual speed

300

What was the main stressor of many women in the “My life is better now” group before their breast cancer diagnosis?

What is work?

300

Recalling a past that happened quite recently versus something that happened a while ago

What is a retrospective call error?

300

Which theory talks about Four Stages of Adult Career Development?

Super’s theory