EDHD 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Radiation Therapy, Sandwich Generation
9 May 2018
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Lecture 15
Middle Adulthood: Physical Cheanges
Middle Adulthood Intro/Overview
- Textbook places age range- 40-60 (~mid 30s to late 50s)
- Physically
o On the way down
- Cognitively
o Peaks for certain types of cognitive abilities
- Emotionally
o Feeling pretty content
o Identity certainty, but mid-life crisis
- Socially
o Go girl! Females are better socially
o Family relationships, love and marriage, work and play
Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood
- Vision decines
o Lens become less flexible
o Rods and comes diminish in numbers
o Cant see well at night
- Hearing decline—especially for high pitched sounds
o Cilia thin out
o Less flexible inner ear
- Environment also plays a role
o What you do in the work place
▪ Noisy workplace- then feel the effects earier
- Sexual production?
o Climacteric- fetility declines in midlife
- For women: menopause
o End of monthly ovulationa and mensuration
o Timing inflluened by genetics
o Variety of symptoms
▪ Include hot flashes, headaches, and dizziness
o Culture can impact symptoms
▪ Japananse diet high in soybean= estrogen, so less symptoms
- Treatment for Severe Menopause?
o Hormone replacement Therapy (HRT)
▪ Effective at reducing symptoms—helps with estrogen
▪ Strengthens bones and reduces colon cnancer
▪ Increased risk of stroke, heart attacks, and breast cancer
▪ Over 60 advised against HRT
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Document Summary
Textbook places age range- 40-60 (~mid 30s to late 50s) Cognitively: peaks for certain types of cognitive abilities. Females are better socially: family relationships, love and marriage, work and play. Vision decines: lens become less flexible, rods and comes diminish in numbers, cant see well at night. Hearing decline especially for high pitched sounds: cilia thin out, less flexible inner ear. Environment also plays a role: what you do in the work place, noisy workplace- then feel the effects earier. Sexual production: climacteric- fetility declines in midlife. For women: menopause: end of monthly ovulationa and mensuration, timing inflluened by genetics, variety of symptoms. Include hot flashes, headaches, and dizziness: culture can impact symptoms. Japananse diet high in soybean= estrogen, so less symptoms. Treatment for severe menopause: hormone replacement therapy (hrt, effective at reducing symptoms helps with estrogen, strengthens bones and reduces colon cnancer, over 60 advised against hrt.
