EXAM 3 MOLINDA NELSON

1. strategies for organizing material in ways that make it more likely to be remembered
5. thinking that acknowledges that adult predicaments
12. ideas in novel ways
13. major benchmarks in life reached at appropriate time
14. occupations that are associated with getting things accomplished
17. approach to personality development that is based on the timing of particular events in an adult’s life rather than on age per se
18. (love) a state of powerful absorption
22. children think about careers more complex
24. evaluation by society of the role a person plays
25. loss of the ability to hear sounds of high frequency
26. acquisition of skill or knowledge in a particular area
28. physical and psychological change relating to the male reproductive system
31. syndrome, parents’ feelings of unhappiness, worry, loneliness, and depression resulting from their children’s departure from home
33. children gain insight into career by fantasizing
36. theory that abuse and neglect of children leads them to be pre-disposed to abusiveness as adults
37. appraisal coping abilities and resources to overcome the harm posed by stressor
38. degree to which a person is moody, anxious, and self-critical
39. young adults narrow vocational options
40. stage during middle adulthood which people consider their contributions to family and society

2. stage of uncertainty brought about by the realization
3. nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood that results in some loss of near
4. couples in middle adulthood must fulfill the needs of both their children and their aging parents
6. couples living together without being married
7. (love) strong affection deeply involved
8. personality characteristic associated with stress
9. approach to personality development that is based on fairly universal stages tied to a sequence of age-related crises
10. reduce, or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress
11. organized bodies of information stored in memory
15. person’s level of curiosity and interest in new experiences
16. reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory
18. appraisal positive, negative, or neutral
19. condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin
20. physical decline by aging
21. a state of worry
23. workers experience dissatisfaction, disillusionment, frustration from job
27. to marry someone who is similar in age, race, or religion
29. outgoing or shy a person is
30. stage middle-aged adults relate to their personal situations,
32. coping that involves unconscious strategies that distort or deny the true nature
34. condition in which pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either because
35. cessation of menstruation