Chapter 12 220-001

The average age of menopause is:

• 40

• 45

• 60

• 50

Parent care refers to an adult child's caring for:

• the elderly in retirement communities.

• their own adult children.

• their impoverished parents.

• disabled elderly parents.

Jackson just turned 53 and feels as though he is not making any real contributions to the next generation. According to Erikson, Jackson is experiencing:

• stagnation

• isolation

• generativity

• intimacy

In order to understand wisdom, scientists have recommended expanding Piaget's stages of development to include a final stage called ________.

• Formal operational

• Sensorimotor

• Postformal thought

• Concrete thought

_______ is the amount of information we have accumulated over the years, which typically peaks in the late forties to early fifties before beginning to decline.

• Crystallized intelligence

• Spatial intelligence

• Interpersonal intelligence

• Fluid intelligence