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Human Development: Updated, 7/e

James Vander Zanden, Ohio State University
Thomas Crandell, Broome Community College
Corinne Crandell, Broome Community College

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Learning Objectives

After completing Chapter 15, you should be able to:

1

Describe the contemporary view of middle age.

2

Describe several vision-related changes and/or disorders that often are evident in middle age, and cite medical interventions that are available to improve quality of vision.

3

Explain when hearing changes usually begin to occur, how these changes affect one's daily living, and who is most at risk for hearing loss.

4

Describe each of the following physical changes of middle age.

changes in skin, teeth, and hair:

muscle atrophy, weight gain, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis:

menopause:

climacteric:

reported psychological consequences of menopause:

5

Describe several common male mid-life changes and the treatments which improve the quality of a man's life.

prostate gland:

drop in testosterone and accompanying changes:

circadian rhythm:

impotence:

factors that impact a man's virility on a temporary basis:

male menopause:

6

Discuss findings concerning changes in sexual functioning in middle age.

frequency of sexual activity:

frequency of orgasm:

number of sex partners:

faithfulness or extramarital sex:

inability to achieve orgasm:

7

Describe several medical conditions that have an impact on sexual functioning as one ages.

8

Discuss cardiovascular health problems, including risk factors, the course of the disease, and treatments.

9

Discuss different diseases connected with the brain: stroke, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's.

10

Discuss several risk factors related to cancer.

11

Explain the relationship between social support and health.

12

Explain the terms fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence.

13

Discuss the differences between cognition and intelligence.

dialectical thinking:

Schaie's four stages:

convergent:

divergent:

14

Discuss the research by Colby and Damon on moral exemplars.

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