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Between ages 40 and 50, Nancy gained 20 pounds. She also began to have trouble opening tightly closed jars, and her calf muscles ached after climbing a flight of stairs. “Exchanging muscle for fat must be an inevitable part of aging,” Nancy thought. What are some preventive measures Nancy can take?

__________ aging reflects the reality that aging well involves not only achievement of desirable outcomes but also effective coping with life’s challenges and losses.

As school-age children move into adolescence, self-concept is increasingly vested in feedback from __________.

Typical young adults living at home in the United States today __________.

Mercedes and Sean, ages 68 and 70, work hard to maintain their vitality and are able to limit their age-related declines in physical, cognitive, and social functioning. Mercedes and Sean fit contemporary experts’ view of __________.

Calculate the pH of a solution that contains 2.4 × 10-3 M H3O⁺ at 25°C.

Gains in perspective taking permit the transition to __________.

Express the equilibrium constant for the following reaction. 4 NH3(g) ⇔ 2 N2(g) + 6 H2(g)

In trying to remember a future activity, younger adults rely more on __________, older adults on __________.

School-age children with a strong sense of attachment security and whose parents use a(n) __________ child-rearing style feel especially good about themselves.