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Adulthood

Adulthood. Early Adulthood. Middle Adulthood. Late Adulthood. Physical Changes. All physical abilities essentially peak by our mid twenties. Physical Milestones. Menopause: the natural ending of a woman’s ability to reproduce. There are physical symptoms led by a lack of estrogen.

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Adulthood

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  1. Adulthood Early Adulthood Middle Adulthood Late Adulthood

  2. Physical Changes • All physical abilities essentially peak by our mid twenties

  3. Physical Milestones • Menopause: the natural ending of a woman’s ability to reproduce. • There are physical symptoms led by a lack of estrogen. • What psychological effects can menopause have? Men do not experience anything like menopause. We can pretty much produce sperm forever.

  4. Life Expectancy • Life Expectancy keeps increasing- now about 75. • Women outlive men by about 4 years. • But more men are conceived 126 to 100. Then 105 to 100 by birth. In other words, men die easier.

  5. Sensory Abilities

  6. Health • Bad news: is as we get older our immune system weakens, thus we become more susceptible to life threatening ailments (cancer). • Good News: because older build up a collection of antibodies throughout the years, they get minor colds less often.

  7. Age and Driving • The brain processes information at slower speeds.

  8. Alzheimer’s Disease • A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, language and physical functioning. • Runs its course in 5 to 20 years. • Deterioration of neurons that produce the neurotransmitter…. Acetylcholine Estrogen supplements may stop the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease.

  9. Cognitive Changes • We tend to remember events from our teens and twenties. • Difference between recognition and recall. Recognition remains stable. Recall declines with old age.

  10. Do old people get stupid? • Cross-sectional studies show decline. • Longitudinal Studies show consistency. What is the difference? Cross-sectional studies: study with people of different ages studied at the same time. Longitudinal Studies: same people studied and retested over a period of time.

  11. But there are different types of intelligence. • Crystallized intelligence: one’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age. Fluid Intelligence: one’s ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.

  12. Social Development of Adults Social Clock Culturally preferred timing of certain events.

  13. Love and Marriage • What kind of marriages work? 5 to 1 ratio of positive to negative interactions.

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