Middle Adulthood

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Middle Adulthood
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Physical Development

• Ages 40-65
• Hair tends to gray thin
• Skin begins to wrinkle
• Muscle tone tends to decrease
• Hearing loss starts
• Visual acuity declines
• Weight gain occurs

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Physical Development cont.

• Female
• Experiences menopause
• Physical emotional changes
• Male
• Physical psychological changes
• Males never lose the ability to reproduce

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Mental Development

• Mental ability increases
• Individuals have acquired an understanding of
  life
• Have learned to cope with many different stresses
• Become more confident in decision making
  analyzing situations

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Emotional Development

• Period of contentment satisfaction, or a time
  of crisis
• Job stability, financial success, the end of the
  child rearing, good health

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Emotional Development cont.

• Stress, created by loss of job, fear of aging,
  loss of youth vitality, illness, marital
  problems, or problems with children or aging
  parents
• Insecurity, anxiety, anger

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Social Development

• Family relationships decline as children begin
  their own lives parents die
• Relationships between husband wife grow
  stronger
• Divorce rates are also high

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The End