Chapter 14
Feelings of imparting a lasting legacy vs having no major contribution to the world at large after one's passing.
What is generativity vs stagnation?
Progression through adulthood as defined by becoming "one's own" vs "one's one".
What is Levinson's seasons of a man's life?
This phrase relates to individual neurons to the entire brain, requiring frequent and high quality usage to avoid degradation over time.
What is "use it or lose it"?
This is the approximate maximum quantity of time one will be alive as academics, medical providers, and other theorists postulate the differing factors that go into this number.
What is life expectancy?
What are all the terms in their column?
The "big five" factors of personality.
What are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism?
Research shows men resorting to this form of interpersonal function during high distress, whereas women are shown to participate in another form.
What is fight-or-flight and tend-and-befriend, respectively?
What is roughly 10-15%?
These types of disorders are long lasting, requiring frequent medical intervention, and likely cannot be cured but only managed.
What are chronic disorders?
(What are some examples, particularly in older age?)
These concepts relate to the following;
The strength and quality of interpersonal relationships that influence how individuals relationally connect with others.
The frequency, intensity, and duration of desired pursuits increase the odds of successful outcomes in older age.
What are attachment and activity theory?
Differences between helicopter and lawn mower parents.
What is relational enmeshment and over-reactivity?
The tendency for one to rely on social connections/support or resort to anger/anxiety in response to high distress.
What is fight-or-flight vs tend-and-befriend?
This memory may be informally known as "street smarts", wherein it details knowledge of how the world at large functions and knowing how one's experiences contributes to their overall knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
What is perceived control on mortality?
This provides a framework for how older folks navigate the increasingly complex process of aging, requiring participation in the dynamic process of constant reappraisal and adjustment.
What is selective optimization with compensation theory?
The differences between divorce between men and women.
Women: Verbal, physical, or emotional abuse; Alcohol or drug abuse, Cheating
Men: No clear problem/"just fell out of love"; Cheating; Different values or lifestyle
The tendency for older adults to form inter-generational relationships, opening opportunities to bond and teach potential lessons/wisdom, yet taking on significant stress in the process?
What is grand-parenting?
This memory is famously housed in the hippocampus; allowing us to remember explicit details regarding previous life events and current/future happenings.
What is episodic memory?
This memory is essential among med school trainees and engineers, requiring exact knowledge of specific events and how these facts further impact how broader experiences can function.
What is explicit memory?
This phenomenon assists explaining why many older folks seem overly picky with who their friends are and why they prioritize quality over quantity.
What is socioemotional selectivity theory?
The two macro level influences on the contemporary life-events approach.
What are the life-stage and sociohistorical contexts?
The ongoing and dynamic process of how a one's personality continued building of resilience and stability in their environment.
What is the cumulative personality model?
This memory is most famous among athletes under the label "muscle memory", it involves the type of memory we possess regarding autonomous functioning.
What is implicit memory?
Our brains change as we get older in various ways, from decreased functionality to physiological shifts. These various life factors may play a role in how intense and quickly the changes occur.
What are hormonal changes, stress levels, perceived control, activity level, social and connectedness.
This life staged is marked by folks looking back at their lives with contentment and satisfaction, finding their experiences satisfactory overall. In contrast, others experience perceived struggles with acceptance that their life didn't pan out how they hoped, leaving room for anxiety and doubt.
What is the integrity vs despair stage?