Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, the student should be able to complete the following goals:

Identify health concerns of importance to middle-aged adults.

Discuss the relationship between weight and metabolism in middle age.

Outline the effects of alcohol in middle age.

Discuss how muscular and sensory abilities change in middle age.

Discuss the climacteric as it occurs in both females and males.

Explain the role of hormone treatments in dealing with the climacteric and other aspects of aging.

Examine the debate on the decline of intelligence with age.

Present new views of intelligence and discuss the relationship between memory and intelligence.

Outline the qualities that distinguish highly creative adults from their average peers.

Compare and contrast the findings of Lehman and Dennis on the development of creativity and age, and present Simonton's attempt at resolution.

Present the obstacles and aids to creativity.

Discuss factors that influence learning ability from early to late adulthood.

Characterize the way in which the workplace is changing and the implications for training.

List and discuss special problems of the working woman.

Examine the midcareer crisis and suggest ways for dealing with the midcareer crisis.

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