A single characteristic that directs most of a person’s activities
What is a cardinal trait.
100
Glands throughout the body and the hormones they release into the bloodstream.
What is the endocrine system.
100
The upper limit of a person’s ability to function in five domains: physical health, seonsory-percwptual skills, motor skills, cognitive skills, and ego strength.
What is competence.
100
Consists of reevaluating one’s roles and dreams and making the necessary corrections.
What is a mid-life correction.
200
Includes anxiety, hostility, self-consciousness, depression, impulsivity, and vulnerability.
What is neuroticism.
200
Focuses on attempts to alter current behavior without necessarily addressing underlying causes.
What is behavior therapy.
200
Actions taken in response to stressors and can be facilitated by internal and external resources. ie, changing one’s diet after having a heart attack.
What are corrective adaptations.
200
Handful of traits that make up the core of personality.
What is a central trait.
300
The sequences of stages in Erikson’s theory is based on this principle; It means that each psychosocial strength has its own special time of ascendancy, or period of particular importance.
What is the epigenetic principle.
300
Characterized by a disturbance of consciousness and a change in cognition that develops over a short period of time.
What is delirium.
300
Designed to provide support, companionship, and certain services during the day.
What is adult day care.
300
Quick screening measures of mental competence used to screen for cognitive impairment; Mini Mental Status Exam is common.
What is a mental status exam.
400
Represent what we could become, what we would like to become, and what we are afraid to become.
What are possible selves.
400
Sphere-shaped deposits of beta-amyloid protein that form in the spaces between certain brain cells and in certain blood vessels as people age. People with Alzheimer’s have an excessive number
What is senile plaques.
400
Housing options for older adults that provide supportive living arrangements for people needing assistance with personal care (such as bathing or taking medications) but who are not so impaired physically or cognitively that they need 24-hour care.
What is assisted living.
400
Decline in cognitive functioning is substantial and interferes with the ability to be independent.
What is a major neurocognitive disorder.
500
Consists of the aspects of a personality pulling everything together, those integrative aspects that give a person an identity or sense of self.
What is a life narrative.
500
Phenomenon in which the symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease are worse in the evening than in the morning.
What is sundowning.
500
Actions that avoid stressors or build social resources. i.e., increasing your social network by adding friends.
What are preventive adaptations.
500
We build our own ideas of how life should proceed. This is a function of our self-identity, our values, and how we are socialized.