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Middle adulthood can be defined as the years between ages and .
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Age related visual problems occur in five main areas: vision, vision (reading moving signs), , , and . The progressive loss of flexibility of the lens seen with age results in , farsightedness, and increased , nearsightedness.
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Loss of endurance as one moves through middle adulthood results from a gradual decrease in the rate of , the use of energy to maintain vital functions. " " skills are more resistant to effects of age than those that are used less.
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, cessation of menstruation and of the ability to bear children, typically occurs around age 50, and is preceded by , the period of several years during which a woman experiences physiological changes that bring on .
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The term is sometimes used to refer to a period of physiological, emotional, and psychological change involving a man's reproductive and other body systems.
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The most severe form of sexual dysfunction in men is , the persistent inability to achieve or maintain an erect penis sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance.
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The most common chronic condition among 45- to 64-year old men (and second most common for women in that age group) is , chronically high blood pressure.
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With regard to women’s medical concerns, the use of , diagnostic X-ray examination of the breasts, is recommended to catch breast cancer before it spreads. Surgical removal of the uterus, , is generally done to remove uterine fibroids or because of abnormal uterine bleeding or endometriosis. , treatment with artificial estrogen, sometimes in combination with progestin, to relieve or prevent symptoms caused by decline in estrogen levels after .
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The use of defenses that help people make the best of bad situations the occurrence of major depression for men, ages 20 to 60, in the Grant study of Harvard men.
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, or work-related stress, can have serious effects on physical and mental health. One source is , psychological pressure created by unwelcome sexual overtures, particularly from a superior, which create a or environment. is a syndrome of emotional exhaustion and a sense that one can no longer accomplish anything on the job.
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One line of memory research distinguishes between intelligence, which is applied to novel problems and is relatively independent of educational and cultural influences, and intelligence, which involves the ability to remember and use learned information and is largely dependent on and background.
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In Hoyer’s terminology, is the progressive dedication of information processing and fluid thinking to specific knowledge systems, making knowledge more readily accessible.
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, what and how much a creative mind produces, is the product of a web of , , , and forces.
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In industrialized societies, life structure is typically , that is, primary roles of learning, working, and leisure are based on age; in an society, primary roles are open to adults of all ages and can be interspersed through the life span.





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