Human Growth and Development
Lecture 16 Physical & Cognitive Development: Middle Adulthood
3/30/06
- Physical Changes & Health
- Getting older --> looking older
- collagen loss
- melanin decline
- lose muscle mass & bone density
- men, women, & attractiveness
- Feeling older: sensory declines
- Cardiovascular disease
- fat intake, smoking, drinking
- starts earlier for men
- women more likely to have a second heart attack and more likely to die from them
- What is Type A personality?
- Menopause
- no longer have a menstrual cycle
- happens later now than it used to
- decrease in estrogen production
- most women happy about it
- Spermopause?
- Not really
- Slow decline in testosterone
- Erections take more effort
- Viagra, Cialis, Levitra
- Sex
- Cognitive Development
- Crystallized intelligence
- Fluid intelligence
- Working memory
- Expertise
- Problem Solving
- Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Processing
- Everyday Problem Solving
- Cognition need not decline with age
- Work & Leisure
- Retirement @ age 50?
- Job Switch?
- Leisure
- Religion & Spirituality
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Last updated: 3/29/06