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ADULTHOOD Flashcards

1
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what is emerging adulthood?

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transition stage between adolescence and adulthood

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5 key features of emerging adulthood

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  • identity exploration
  • instability
  • self-focus
  • feeling in-between
  • possibilities
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what does identity exploration involve?

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defining yourself, deciding beliefs and values

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what does instability involve?

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stress, high pressure

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what does self focus involve?

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independent lifestyle and decisions

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what does feeling in-between pertain to?

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in some ways an adult, gradual

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what does possibilities pertain to?

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exploration

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8
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true or false

emerging adulthood is experienced by everyone

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false

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9
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what factors influence emerging adulthood?

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affluence, individualism vs collectivism, developing countries

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advantages of emerging adulthood

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  • time to obtain education
  • mature judgement-making
  • personal growth and development
  • creativity, innovation, risktaking
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disadvantages of emerging adulthood

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  • increased parental reliance
  • delayed societal contributions
  • stress, anxiety, mental health problems
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what does postformal thought include?

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  • reflective, relativistic, contextual
  • provisional
  • realistic
  • recognition of emotional influence
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13
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2 types of intelligence

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crystallized and fluid

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crystallized intelligence

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accumulated information

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fluid intelligence

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ability to abstract reasoning

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4 dimensions that peak at middle adulthood

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verbal ability, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, spatial orientation

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information processing involves

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percpetual speed, memory, expertise, practical problem solving

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perceptual speed

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  • reaction time task
  • perceptual motor task
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19
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memory

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peaks at 50s declines in middle age

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20
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types of memory

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explicit
implicit
episodic
semantic
working
source
prospective

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explicit memory

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conscious facts and experiences can be stated

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implicit memory

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unconscious recollection; automatic skills and routines

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episodic memory

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retained info of life happenings

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semantic memory

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general academic knowledge and expertise

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working memory

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mental workbench; manipulate and assemble info for decision making, problem solving and language comprehension

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source memory

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where one learned something

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27
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prospective memory

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remembering something to do in the future

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28
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kinds of memories that decline at late adulthood

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explicit, episodic, working

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29
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expertise involves

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extensive, highly organized knowledge of a certain domain

30
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hardware of the mind

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cognitive mechanics

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cognitive mechanics

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speed and accuracy of processes involved in sensory input, attention, visual and motor memory, discrimination, comparison and categorization

32
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culture based soft ware programs

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cognitive pragmatics

33
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cognitive pragmatics

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reading and writing, language comprehension, educational qualifications, life skills

34
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types of attention

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selective, divided, sustained, executive

35
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selective attention

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focus on specific ignore irrelevant

36
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divded attention

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multitasking

37
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sustained attention

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focused and extended

38
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executive attention

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planning actions, allocating attention, detecting and compensating errors, monitoring progress

39
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when does does executive function decline

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old age

40
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consensual validation

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attitudes and values are supported/validated by someone similar

41
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According to erikson what is intimacy

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finding oneself while losing oneself in another person and require commitment

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43
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also known as passionate love/eros

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romantic love

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44
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strong early components of sexuality and infatuation

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romantic love

45
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companionate love

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affectionate love

46
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when does affection come

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when passion fades

47
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main dimensions of triarchic theory of love

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passion, intimacy, commitment

48
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triarchic theory of love

passion

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physical and sexual attraction

49
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triarchic theory of love

intimacy

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emotional feelings of warmth, closeness and sharing

50
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triarchic theory of love

commitment

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cognitive appraisal of relationship and intent ot maintain

51
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passion =

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infatuation

52
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intimacy + commitment =

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affectionate

53
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passion + commitment +

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fatuous

54
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Erik Erikson’s stages of development involved in adulthood

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generativity vs stagnation
integrity vs despair

55
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generativity

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desire to leave legacies

56
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stagnation

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felt when no sense of actions for next generation

57
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according to Levinson what marks the transition of teen to independence

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formation of a dream of life they want career and marriage

58
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levinson

4 major conflicts at middle adulthood transition

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young vs old
destructive vs constructive
masculine vs feminine
attached vs separated

59
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levinsons

successful midlife transition depends on?

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effectivity of reduction of polarities between conflicts and acceptance

60
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reflect on past and conclude if well spent or not

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integrity vs despair

61
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life review involves

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  • looking back at life experience, evaluate, interpret and reinterpret
  • identify positive aspects and regrets as part of wisdom
62
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according to Butler life review is initiated when?

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looking forward to death

63
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reminiscence therapy

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discuss past with others

64
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activity theory

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more active more likely to be satisfied

65
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socioemotional selectivity theory

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more selective about social networks as they age

66
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types of aging

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normal, pathological, successful

67
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type of aging experienced by most

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normal

68
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type of aging with mild cognitive impairment at early old age

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pathological

68
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psychological functioning peaks early midlife, maintains from late 50s - early 60s, declines early 80s

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normal aging

69
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successful aging

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physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development is maintained longer and declines later

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