AP Psychology - Unit 8.4

Adulthood spans most of one's lifespan. This makes it more difficult to generalized about what stages?

It’s more difficult to generalize about adulthood stages than about early life stages

When does your muscular strength, reaction time, sensory keenness, and cardiac, output start to decline?

imperceptibly starting around the mid 20s

When do women tend to experience menopause?

Within a few years of 50

What happens to men biologically as they get older

They experience a drop in testosterone levels, and the effects that come along with it

Life Chances

the likelihood individuals have in sharing the opportunities and benefits of society

Ex. Health, length of life, housing and education

What explains why older people are often blunt?

We learned that the late-developing frontal lobe allowed for growing impulsivity control in teens, Later in life, some of that impulsiveness returns as those same frontal lobes begin to atrophy.

Neurocognitive Disorder

acquired disorder marked by cognitive deficits; brain damage related to strokes, tumors, heavy drinking/smoking, Alzheimer's, etc.; formerly called dementia

• Reading, learning, running, and lifting weights have all shown to reduce/delay symptoms

As people enter their 40s, what do they undergo a transition into?

middlehood

• a time when they realized that much of life is behind them instead of awaiting them

How do adults progress through a sequence of age-related social changes?

disorderly

Social Clock

 A culture's preferred timing for social events, such as leaving home, marriage, parenthood, and retirement

What are the dominant themes of adulthood?

Love & work