8-Middle adulthood often brings about a renewal of sexual enjoyment.

8-The overall divorce rate has declined in the last two decades.

8-Men experience the equivalent of menopause: the male climacteric.

8-The frequency of sexual intercourse declines in middle age, but sexual pleasure remains vital.

8-The process of losing height is very slow. Women average a one-inch decline and men average a two-inch decline from middle age through the rest of the life span.

8-Older people are less likely than younger people to score well on traditional intelligence tests.

8-Research indicates that men with a Type A behavior pattern have the same rate of heart and coronary disease as men with a Type B behavior pattern.

8-Fluid intelligence increases with age, while crystallized intelligence declines.

8-Osteoporosis is brought about by a lack of protein in a person's diet.

8-Short-term memory stores information for several minutes.

8-In the United States, only women of very low status are subjected to spousal abuse.

8-Daniel Levinson's theories on midlife crisis were based largely on studies of women.

8-Research shows that the divorce rate for second marriages is lower than for first marriages.

8-Short-term memory is also referred to as working memory.

8-Research substantiates that the passage into middle age is full of psychological turmoil called the midlife crisis.

8-The cycle of violence theory explains the full story of how abuse and neglect occur.

8-Nonrefugee immigrants who are old enough to work are less likely to be on welfare than native-born U.S. citizens.

8-Menopause is the cessation of menstruation.