Ageing - Psychology

Question 1

What is the life expectancy for males and females in Aus?

Answer 1

78 and 83 respectively

Question 2

What is the life expectancy for aboriginal males and females in Aus?

Answer 2

56 and 63

Question 3

What are the leading causes of death in Aus?

Answer 3

Stroke
Coronary Heart Disease
Cancer

Question 4

How are the elderly classified?

Answer 4

Young Old - 65-74
Middle Old - 75-84
Oldest Old - 85

Question 5

After what age mental health starts to decline?

Answer 5

23

Question 6

What is dialectical thinking?

Answer 6

Different POVs can be seen as true or partially true

Question 7

What is fluid intelligence?

Answer 7

Problem Solving Skills

Question 8

What is Crystallised intelligence?

Answer 8

Facts

Question 9

What is more damaged in the elderly fluid or Crystallised intelligence?

Answer 9

Fluid

Question 10

What are the components of wisdom?

Answer 10

Factual Knowledge
Knowledge About Uncertainty
Relativity
Lifespam Contextualism
Procedural knowledge

Question 11

What is egointegrity?

Answer 11

accepting life as it has played out to be

Question 12

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration can initially show as

Answer 12

[Sudden] Change in personality

Question 13

What are the three main views of ageing?

Answer 13

Lifespan Maturation
Selective Optimisation and Compensation
Successful Ageing

Question 14

Old people are more…

Answer 14

Heterogeneous
Resilient
Psychologically Active
Apt to deal with depression

Question 15

What is development?

Answer 15

tendency towards minimisation of losses that impair functioning and maximisation of gains to promote growth and independence