What is the term used to describe the adult period during which reproductive capacity declines or is lost?
What is climacteric
100
What is defined as a sense that one is making a valuable contribution to society by bringing up children or mentoring younger people in some way midlife?
What is generativity
100
What is known as the scientific study of aging?
What is gerontology
100
The feeling that one’s life has been worthwhile is known as?
What is ego integrity
100
A period during which vital signs are absent but resuscitation is still possible
What is clinical death
200
Erectile dysfunction is also called
What is impotence
200
Middle-Aged adults are in what stage according to Erikson
What is generativity-versus-stagnation stage
200
The prevalence of memory problems does what as older adults age?
What is increases
200
The disengagement theory proposes that aging has
What is shrinkage of life space, increased individuality, and acceptance of changes
200
In the U.S., ____% of individuals with terminal illnesses receive some kind of hospice care
What is 45%
300
What is the average age for African American and White American women to stat going through menopause?
What is 50
300
Multigenerational caregivers are also referred to as the ______ generation
What is sandwhich
300
Self-help tasks such as bathing, dressing, and using the toilet are known as
What is activities of daily living-ADLs
300
What are the three components of successful aging?
What is good physical health, retention of cognitive abilities, and continuing engagement in social and productive activities
300
The belief that bad things, including death, happen only to others is known as?
What is unique invulnerability
400
What are the two types of estrogen that drop to a quarter or less of their premenopausal levels in postmenopausal women?
What is estradiol and estrone
400
Involved relationships are the least common, and only occur _____% of the time
What is 16%
400
About 12% of 65- to 69-year-olds have the diagnosis of _______
What is Depression
400
______ _____ contributes to successful aging because it provides opportunities for older adults to give support as well as receive it.
What is Social engagement
400
What is the percentage that believes in life after death in the U.S.?
What is 74%
500
About ____% of White and Mexican American men have elevated blood pressure
What is 30%
500
Studies suggest that many middle-aged adults prepare for retirement as early as how many years before their anticipated retirement date?
What is 15 years
500
From the age 85 and older, memory problems are more common in ____.
What is men
500
In the United States, ___% of men and ___% of women over 65 live in homes with relatives, usually their adult children
What is 6% men; 18% women
500
What are the five stages of dying proposed by Kubler-Ross?
What is denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance