Physical Development
Human's physical peak (what age does it occur)
When are our 20s?
The name for the type of reasoning/thought adult area capable of after Fromal Operations (Piaget's final stage of cognitive development)?
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?
Intimacy, passion, and commitment
What are Sternberg's main components of love?
Disorders that involve the heart and blood circulation
What is cardiovascular or heart disease?
An arrangement where two people who have not married live together.
What is cohabitation?
Loss of muscle tissue as a natural part of the aging process
What is sarcopenia?
The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities quickly and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence?
These grandparents rarely see their grandchildren. They usually live far away from the grandchildren, but may also have a distant relationship. Contact is typically made on special occasions such as holidays or birthdays.
Who are remote grandparents?
Jeffrey Arnett's name for the stage between the late teens and early twenties (roughly ages 18-25)
What is emerging adulthood?
The name of individuals over 100 years of age
Who are centenarians?
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?
The name for the condition when women go 12 months without menstruation
What is menopause?
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?
The ability to use the accumulated practical knowledge for good judgment and decision making
What is wisdom?
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?
Age-related changes caused by biological factors
What is primary aging?
The idea that we are more likely to like someone if they feel the same way toward us
What is reciprocity?
A pattern of physical and psychological responses in an organism after it perceives a threatening event
What is stress?
At this age people tend to select careers based on what appears to be glamorous or exciting (like being an astronaut or a princess)
Who are children?
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?
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?
A symptom of menopause where a surge of adrenaline makes the individual's body temperature feel elevated
What is a hot flash?
This is caused by stomach acid backing up into the esophagus
What is heartburn?
A medical disorder resulting in swelling and/or pain in the joint?
What is arthritis?
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?
DAILY DOUBLE
According to Erikson the term ________ refers to procreativity, productivity, and creativity in midlife, with the goal of leaving a positive legacy.
The longest time that members of a population live
What is lifespan?
The capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities quickly and abstractly
What is fluid intelligence?
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?
A cognitive process where one brings together salient aspects of two opposing viewpoints or positions
What is dialectial thinking/?
This theory argues that it is essential/important to the health and happiness of an older individual to remain physically and socially active.
What is activity theory?
Daniel Levinson thought that this motivated young adults to grow and develop
What is the dream of their ideal life?
Traumatic events, daily hassles, chronically difficult situation, etc.
What are some things that may cause stress?
People over the age of 100 are referred to as _________
Who are centenarians?
Older adults between the ages of 65 and 84
Who are the "young-old" adults?
A(n) __________ is the belief that an individual can influence life outcomes, encompassing estimations of relevant external constraints and our own capabilities. This belief can be either internal or external.
What is a control belief?
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"?
Adults who are raising their own children and caring for aging relatives
Who are the sandwich generation?
The average number of years that members of a population (or species) are expected to live
What is life expectancy?
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.?
This type of aging is caused by potentially controllable factors (such as an unhealthy lifestyle)
What is secondary aging?
This type of intelligence relates to accumulated knowledge acquired throughout life (such as semantic knowledge, vocabulary, and language)
What is crystallized intelligence?
Factors that impact attraction
What is proximity, familiarity, similarity, etc.?
Hearing loss that can start to occur in middle adulthood is called __________
What is presbycusis?
An irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks
What is Alzheimer's disease (dementia)?
Loss of elasticity in the lens of the eye, making it hard to focus on close objects
What is Presbyopia?
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?
Levinson thought that this stage of life was a period of profound change, which could only culminate in a reappraisal, or perhaps reaffirmation, of goals, commitments and previous choices—a time for taking stock and recalibrating what was important in life.
What is mid-life (middle adulthood)?
This term refers to a gradual decrease in bone density
What is osteoporosis?
Stein would use the term _____ to describe an individual who is single by choice and content with that decision
What is "voluntary permanent"?
Genetics, lifestyle, being female, overall good health, and avoiding disease
What are factors that influence how long an individual might live?
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?
Term used to describe adults aged 65-84 years old
What are "young-old" adults?
The cause a clouding of the lens of the eye
What are cataracts?
Adults with elderly parents and are either raising their or supporting their own children
What is the sandwich generation?