The Brain and Body
The volume of this in the brain reduces as we age. It then impacts executive function.
grey matter
This type of parent is overly involved and overprotective in their child's life. They might intervene in conflicts or micromanage their child's schedule.
helicopter parents
This Erikson stage is characterized by a person's ability to find meaning in their life and reflect on their experiences as they approach the end of their life.
integrity vs despair
This Big-5 personality trait addresses how cooperative, trusting, and kind a person is.
Agreeableness
A form of discrimination or prejudice often against older people.
ageism
Mental health diagnosis characterized by eating an unusually large quantity of food in one session and feeling unable to stop. These episodes happen frequently.
Binge eating disorder
A housing option for people who need some help with daily activities but don't require nursing home care. Allows for independence with support from medical providers.
assisted living
This Erikson stage is characterized by forming close relationships or becoming emotionally distant from others.
intimacy vs isolation
Part of Robert Sternberg's triangular theory of love, this concept describes feelings of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness.
A chronic disease that weakens bones and increases the risk of fractures
osteoporosis
The inability to recall when, where, or how you learned something, while still retaining the information itself.
source amnesia
Post-retirement, research has found this type of work impacts the overall well-being of older individuals due to the benefits of social interaction and meaning making.
This term used to describe the group of people who are simultaneously caring for their children and aging parents.
the sandwich generation
This describes human activities as purposeful and structured. People are successful when they maintain activities and social interactions in which they were involved in earlier in life.
activity theory
This is the tendency for elderly people to perceive, prefer, and remember good or happy images and experiences more than negative ones.
positivity effect
A means of information processing that includes selective attention, strategic judgement, and appropriate action.
control processes
A statistical projection of the average lifespan for a group of people, based on current mortality rates.
Life expectancy
This Erikson stage is characterized by contributing to society and future generations without expecting anything in return or by complacency, dissatisfaction, and apathy in career or relationships.
generativity vs stagnation
The term for the enlarging of understandings as we absorb experiences and ideas from friends, loved ones, and experiences.
self-expansion
Neurons in what two areas of the brain appear to grow as the adult brain ages?
Hippocampus
Olfactory cortex
A measure of the physiological damage that occurs when the body is exposed to chronic stress. "Wear and tear"
allostatic load
This concept describes the interconnectedness of relationships and how experiences and choices of one person can impact the lives of another.
linked lives
The state of balance between the body's systems, where variables like blood sugar, temperature, and blood pressure are kept within a normal range. Maintains equilibrium.
Homeostasis
This theory explains how people's motivation change as they perceive their time left in life. People select familiar social contracts that reinforce generativity and meaning.
socioemotional selectivity theory
This concept describes physiological changes that occur due to diseases or environmental factors that vary person to person, and are not part of the genetic aging process
Secondary aging