Aging and Cognitive Change
What is long-term memory?
Common type of dementia.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The state of compatibility between the individual and the environment that allows someone to maintain a sense of well-being/life satisfaction.
What is coping?
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Aging and the Life Course
What is the name of the textbook?
What is crystallized intelligence?
Mental disorders caused by severe organic deterioration of the brain.
What are dementias?
Everyone has a core group of traits that define their personality.
What is trait theory?
Birth through young adulthood
What ages are when the first 6 stages unfold?
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What is Prof. Solomon's office number and building?
The capacity to process novel (new) information.
What is fluid intelligence?
Dementia caused by atherosclerosis of blood vessels in the brain.
What is vascular dementia?
A social construct that defines who we are and how we react to our environment.
What is personality?
Nurturing and guiding members of the younger generation.
What is generativity?
Social and individual meanings of age/aging are created by people.
What is Social Constructionism?
The ability to temporarily store and manipulate information.
What is working memory?
Damage to the speech and language centers in the brain.
What is aphasia?
Individuals with this personality trait are more likely to self-medicate and increase chances of heart attack.
Working on the flaws and limitations of early adult choices to create a more satisfactory life.
What is the age 30 transition?
Employers may not fire, demote or reduce the salaries of older workers without good cause.
What is the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967?
Age 70
What age do noticeable changes in intelligence generally occur?
18.7%
Marshaling social support, compensating for losses in social roles, modifying one's physical environment.
What are adaptive skills in coping with stressful life situations?
They ignore historical, environmental and social factors.
What is a criticism of stage theories?
Who is Matilda White Riley?