Adulthood- Biosocial
(identify 2)
What are decreased muscle mass, changes in sensory systems (vision, auditory), skin elasticity, thinning hair, gray hair?
Type of intelligence that decreases in adulthood. Hint- it is responsible for speed of thinking, working memory.
What is fluid intelligence?
Behaviors such as being helping others in need or working to care for family are examples of this.
What is generativity?
According to Berger, sexual intercourse becomes less frequent but other sexual behaviors become important. This is due to this.
What is selective optimization with compensation?
New cells grow in this area of brain among older adulthood.
The names of hormones that decrease in production during menopause and andropause
What are estrogen and progesterone (menopause) and testosterone (andropause)?
These were the types of research methods used to assess intelligence (cognition) on adulthood.
Out of these methods, this was type that yielded better and more accurate results.
What are cross sectional, longitudinal, and cross- sequential?
What is cross- sequential?
What is self-actualization?
What is the oldest- old?
Some of the reasons why high SES is correlated to less cognitive decline.
(name 2)
What are more education (more active minds), more income and better jobs, less exposure to pollution, lower rates of destructive drug use, better medical care, nutrition, exercise, and they start older adulthood with high IQs?
This developmental psychologist's contribution to understanding of aging on cognition was done through the Seattle Longitudinal Study.
Who is K. Warner Schaie?
These are the 3 types of intelligences discussed by Sternberg.
Out of these 3 types of intelligence, this one is valued in college.
What is analytical?
Name for person who keeps family together such as maintaining communication, gathers family for holidays, or conveys important family news.
What is kinkeeper?
What is primary aging?
This is the ability to shift mentally between tasks but deteriorates as one ages; keeping to a daily routine helps compensate for this deterioration.
What is prospective memory?
These are some of the causes of infertility in males and in females.
(Name at least 1 for males and 1 for females)
What are age, radiation, prescription drugs, drug and alcohol abuse, environmental toxins, smoking)? Males
What are age, diseases, smoking, extreme dieting, obesity, pelvic inflammatory disease)? Females
"I will talk to my boss about the lack of boundaries from my coworkers" is an example of this type of coping.
What is living apart together (LAT)?
This is when older adults remember good images and experiences instead of bad ones.
What is the positivity effect?
These are types of outputs of primary mental abilities that decline in older adulthood.
What are verbal meaning, spatial orientation, inductive reasoning, number ability, word fluency?
This is the recommended amount of exercise for adults.
Type of expert thought which relies on past experiences and instinct.
What is intuitive expert thought?
These are some of the benefits of good marriage.
(Name 2)
Types of activities older adults engage in at this stage.
Name 2
What are volunteer work, political activity, religious activity?
Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are known as these.
What are Neurocognitive Diseases?