Aging Pains, Literally
In early adulthood, this area of the brain continues to develop in early adulthood, helping with planning, logic, and decision-making.
What happens to the frontal lobes in adulthood?
As per Erikson’s one of stages of psychosocial development, this term refers to an interest in establishing and guiding the next
generation.
What is generativity?
The period in the lifespan, in which exposure/absence to some stimuli/growth event is impactful to a milestone's achievement.
What is sensitive period?
As we age, these types of immune cells lose their ability to "recognize" foreign or diseased cells due to reduced maturation in a shrinking thymus.
What happens to memory T cells with aging?
This term refers to individuals in middle adulthood who are tasked with caring for both their aging parents and their children, which can lead to significant stress.
What is "sandwich generation"?
The basic behavioral and emotional predisposition of an infant.
What is temperament?
In women, this life event signals the end of their window of fecundity, closing the chapter on natural reproductive ability.
What is menopause?
According to studies, this percentage of adults will experience a culminating crisis, most of which are triggered by specific events rather than gradual changes.
What crisis is experienced by 25% of adults?
Children engage in this type of play around the ages 3 or 4, cooperating under a common goal or play experience through constructive or symbolic play with others.
What is cooperative play?
This cognitive ability, (part of postformal thought by Labouvie-Vief, 2006) involves understanding that some statements cannot be described thoroughly as true or false.
What is relativism?
This condition, often associated with Erikson's middle adulthood stage, a sensation of “personal impoverishment”, which can activate behaviors like overindulgence.
What is stagnation?
This cognitive process, developed during Piaget's concrete operational stage, allows children to think about multiple variables simultaneously, like understanding that a shape can include a color category.
What is decentration?
This type of intelligence, which includes abilities like memory and problem-solving, tends to decline with age, while this other type, which involves accumulated knowledge and experience, continues to grow.
What is fluid intelligence declines while crystallized intelligence continues to grow?
Studies suggest that this physical activity has been shown to improve both physical and cognitive health, with benefits including improved VO2 max and a positive correlation with brain volume and cognitive functioning.
What are the impacts of exercise in aging?
The term refers to understanding a person from their frame of reference rather than one's own; vicariously experiencing another's feelings, perceptions, and thoughts.
What is empathy?