Physical Development
Human's physical peak (what age does it occur)
When are our 20s?
Disorders that involve the heart and blood circulation
What is cardiovascular or heart disease?
This type of thought allows adults to know that ambiguity and contradictions are normal and that the truth varies from situation to situation.
What is post formal thought?
The significance of age 65 in the US
At what age does late adulthood begin? OR What is the average age of retirement in the US?
Ellen Galinsky used the term ________ for the stage when parents begin to shape their role as parents and imagine the type of parent they will be
What is the image-making stage?
Loss of muscle tissue as a natural part of the aging process
What is sarcopenia?
The name of individuals over 100 years of age
Who are centenarians?
The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities quickly and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence?
An arrangement where two people who have not married live together.
What is cohabitation?
According to Sternberg, when people share intimate details of the lives, are attracted to one another and are committed to one another they share ________ love
What is consummate love?
The name for the condition when women go 12 months without menstruation
What is menopause?
Age-related changes caused by biological factors
What is primary aging?
This term is used to describe the invisible barrier that keeps individuals from under-represented groups from being promoted to top leadership positions
What is the glass ceiling?
Jeffrey Arnett's name for the stage between the late teens and early twenties (roughly ages 18-25)
What is emerging adulthood?
This type of memory involves the storage of memory for long (even permanent) periods of time
What is long term memory?
This is caused by stomach acid backing up into the esophagus
What is heartburn?
A symptom of menopause where a surge of adrenaline makes the individual's body temperature feel elevated
What is a hot flash?
The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities quickly and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence?
Daniel Levin used this term to define a "time of reevaluating previous commitments, making dramatic changes if necessary, expressing previously ignored talents or aspirations, and feeling more urgency about life and its meaning"
What is the midlife transition (crisis) Daniel Levinson?
Name a reason that women live longer than men
What are the protective effective of estrogen OR men tend to have more dangerous jobs OR men are more susceptible to infections, etc.?
A medical disorder resulting in swelling and/or pain in the joint?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
The longest time that members of a population live
What is lifespan?
This part our memory that is concerned with immediate information (such as information gathered by our senses).
What is working memory?
Erikson used this term to describe the stage of finding meaning in one’s life and accepting one’s accomplishments, continued generativity, feeling contentment and accepting others’ deficiencies
What is integrity?
The idea that we are more likely to like someone if they feel the same way toward us
What is reciprocity?
A period of transition in which a woman's ovaries stop releasing eggs and the level of estrogen and progesterone production decreases
What is perimenopause?
The cause a clouding of the lens of the eye
What are cataracts?
A cognitive process where one brings together salient aspects of two opposing viewpoints or positions
What is dialectial thinking/?
Intimacy, passion, and commitment
What are Sternberg's main components of love?
Daniel Levinson thought that this motivated young men to grow and develop
What is "the dream" of their ideal life?
Older adults between the ages of 65 and 84
Who are the "young-old" adults?
The average number of years that members of a population (or species) are expected to live
What is life expectancy?
This study found that cognitive abilities begin decreasing when people reach their 60s
What is the Seattle Longitudinal Study?
Emerging adults are likely to answer “yes and no” to the question of whether or not they fully feel like adults. This is an example of why Arnett refers to emerging adulthood as the age of:
What is "feeling in between"?
The retirement stage when some people experience emotional let-down and disappointment
What is the Disenchantment Phase?
This type of aging is caused by potentially controllable factors (such as an unhealthy lifestyle)
What is secondary aging?
Hearing loss that can start to occur in middle adulthood is called __________
What is presbycusis?
This type of intelligence relates to accumulated knowledge acquired throughout life (such as semantic knowledge, vocabulary, and language)
What is crystallized intelligence?
DAILY DOUBLE
According to Erikson the term ________ refers to procreativity, productivity, and creativity in midlife, with the goal of leaving a positive legacy.
Daniel Levinson thought that this motivated young women to grow and develop
What is the "split dream"?
Areas of the world where people's diet, lifestyle, and social interactions seem to lead to living longer
What are blue zones?
This term refers to a gradual decrease in bone density
What is osteoporosis?
During this stage of retirement people start making concrete plans about their retirement
What is the immediate pre-retirement phase?
This theory of attraction argues that the pool of eligible partners becomes narrower as it passes through filters that are used to eliminate potential partners
What is the Filter Theory of dating/mate selection?
This theory states that the older we get, the harder it is to determine what is relevant and irrelevant
What is Inhibition Theory?
Loss of elasticity in the lens of the eye, making it hard to focus on close objects
What is Presbyopia?
One key area of memory that decrease as we age (this part of memory holds 7-9 pieces of information for a few seconds)
What is working memory?
William Perry used this term to refer to an absolute, black and white or right and wrong way of thinking (it is more common during adolescence)
What is dualism or dualistic thinking?
This theory suggests that the pool of eligible partners becomes narrower as it passes through filters used to eliminate members of the pool.
What is the filter theory of mate selection?
Age 78.7 years (76.3 for men and 81.1 for women)
What is the current life expectancy in the US?