This theory says that older adults should enter into fewer relationships and less closeness in those relationships, a withdrawal by society by elderly people
What is disengagement theory?
100
This is the set of grandparents that grand kids tend to be closer to.
What are maternal grandparents?
100
This is a condition that causes damage to your optic nerve, where pressure builds up inside the eye and you slowly lose peripheral vision.
What is glaucoma?
100
This is a prejudice or discrimination against a particular age-group, and especially the elderly.
What is ageism?
100
The following are examples of these: To be old is to be sick, you can't teach an old dog new tricks...
What are myths of aging?
200
This theory postulated that successful aging is dependent upon each individual's personality.
What is continuity theory?
200
Respect and responsibility for elders in many cultures, despite changes with western cultural influence, is called this.
What is filial piety?
200
This eye condition affects central vision and may include having spots in your vision field.
What is macular degeneration?
200
Older adults make up ~15% of the population, but appear in the media ~3% of the time. This is an example of this concept. this is also consistent with representation in children's literature.
What is underrepresentation?
200
This model allows younger people to recognize older adults' individual characteristics and modify their communication to reflect those factors.
What is the communication enhancement model?
300
In this model, individuals select or specialize their efforts into areas of high priority.
What is selective optimization with compensation model?
300
This is one crucial reason that friendships are particularly important in old age.
What is they are voluntary and non-obligatory? No one forces you to be someone's friend. Ideally they are also equitable.
300
This eye condition occurs when there is a build up of protein in the lens that makes it cloudy, which prevents light from passing clearly through the lens, causing some loss of vision.
What are cataracts?
300
This theory suggestions that TV viewing is selective and people pick and choose shows and channels that provide them with particular rewards.
What is uses and gratifications theory?
300
This concept suggests that older adults have less access to digital technology and less knowledge about technology than their younger counterparts.
What is the digital divide?
400
This theory suggests that successful aging is a function of factors external to the individual in combination with factors internal to the individual.
What is Social-environmental Theory?
400
This type of relationship has the possibility to span the entire lifespan and tends to grow closer in old age.
What is a sibling relationship?
400
This condition involves inflammation of one or more joints.
What is arthritis?
400
This theory suggests that media shapes our beliefs about the world, particularly in areas where we either have no outside experience or we have experience that "fits" with television's version of reality.
What is cultivation theory?
400
Overaccommodation means "going too far" in accommodating someone's communication needs. Name 2 of the 3 types of overaccommodating behaviors.
What are patronizing talk, elderspeak and secondary baby talk?
500
This theory suggests a successful ager will reduce the overall number of interactional partners, but maintain those relationships that provide the most satisfaction, a social exchange theory.
What is Socioemotional Selectivity Theory?
500
Financial, emotional and practical are all types of this.
What is social support?
500
This condition results from a disruption in the blood supply to the brain and can include numbness or paralysis to one or both sides of the body.
What is a stroke?
500
Older adults in media and children's literature often play this role.
What is a peripheral or supporting character?
500
This concept often violates some "rules" of conversation--we tend to reserve intimate information for our close acquaintances and family members.