Life Span Reflection: Menopause Physical development changes drastically throughout your lifetime. Examples of physical development that individuals may/will experience are puberty, obesity, improving motor skills, and many others. The topic I am going to discuss is menopause, which occurs only in women in late adulthood. To summaries, menopause is the period within a woman’s life where the ability to produce offspring’s ends and the ceasing of menstruation occurs; menopause occurs in woman between their late forties and early fifties. The first source I used was HDEV5 with Access Code, which is the textbook used in psychology classes today. In a section of the book, menopause is discussed stating that it is the cessation of menstruation.
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An example of a similarity is that all three-source agreed that woman experience it within their forties to fifties. Another similarity is the sources all notice that the body is losing something that it used to have. The final similarity I notice was more than one of the article discusses the negative side of menopause such as less sexual desire, hot flashes, and other symptoms that will occur. The differences within the readings was how individuals should improve their experience with menopause. One article discusses using yoga, while the others mentioned Hormone Replace Therapy. Another difference was each article discussed the long-term effects in different view points such as getting osteoporosis, not getting to experience sexual intercourse with full arousal, and how yoga can improve long term health. Finally, I am going to discuss my thoughts on the topic: menopause. I have had little previous knowledge on what/why menopause occurs. I found all the articles had useful knowledge. I believe yoga or other physical exercises are needed while going through menopause. This is a way to help your body be active, and feel …show more content…
(2017). Best Moves for Menopause. Prevention, 64(4), 76-83.
Merghati-Khoei, E., Sheikhan, F., Shamsalizadeh, N., Haghani, H., Yousofnia, Pasha, Y.R., Killeen, T. (2014). Menopause Negatively Impacts Sexual Lives of Middle-Aged Iranian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 40(6), 552-560. Doi:10.1080/0092623X.2013.796577
Rathus, S. A. (2017). HDEV5 with Access Code. Boston, MA: Cengage
An example of a similarity is that all three-source agreed that woman experience it within their forties to fifties. Another similarity is the sources all notice that the body is losing something that it used to have. The final similarity I notice was more than one of the article discusses the negative side of menopause such as less sexual desire, hot flashes, and other symptoms that will occur. The differences within the readings was how individuals should improve their experience with menopause. One article discusses using yoga, while the others mentioned Hormone Replace Therapy. Another difference was each article discussed the long-term effects in different view points such as getting osteoporosis, not getting to experience sexual intercourse with full arousal, and how yoga can improve long term health. Finally, I am going to discuss my thoughts on the topic: menopause. I have had little previous knowledge on what/why menopause occurs. I found all the articles had useful knowledge. I believe yoga or other physical exercises are needed while going through menopause. This is a way to help your body be active, and feel …show more content…
(2017). Best Moves for Menopause. Prevention, 64(4), 76-83.
Merghati-Khoei, E., Sheikhan, F., Shamsalizadeh, N., Haghani, H., Yousofnia, Pasha, Y.R., Killeen, T. (2014). Menopause Negatively Impacts Sexual Lives of Middle-Aged Iranian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 40(6), 552-560. Doi:10.1080/0092623X.2013.796577
Rathus, S. A. (2017). HDEV5 with Access Code. Boston, MA: Cengage