Transcript 11-1: Physical Changes in MIddle Adulthood

OBJECTIVE 11-1
PHYSICAL CHANGES IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
PAGES 171-173
Gus Sjobeck
Don Inouye Jr.
Neil DeGuzman
Physical
decline gradually
accelerates.
For normal activities, diminished
vigor is enough.
During early and middle adulthood,
physical vigor has less to do with age
than with a person’s health and
exercise habits.
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Physical decline gradually ____________
Accelerates
Decelerates
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It’s possible for physical changes of adult life to trigger
psychological responses. Those responses differ depending on how
one views growing older.
Aging means a gradual decline in fertility for women.
Menopause- the time of natural cessation of menstruation, also refers
to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to
reproduce declines.
Menopause typically doesn’t produce psychological problems for
women.
Menopause typically begins within a few years of age 50.
Among women 35-39, a single act of intercourse is half as likely to
produce a pregnancy as it would be for a women 19-26.
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Menopause typically begins within a few years of
age ______
60
70
50
40
Men experience no equivalent to menopause- no
cessation of fertility, no sharp drop in sex
hormones.
 Men experience a more gradual decline in sperm
count, testosterone level, and speed of erection
and ejaculation.
 Depression, irritability, insomnia, impotence, or
weakness can result from testosterone levels
plummeting too fast and far.
 Most men age without such problems.
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Men experience menopause.
True
False