Ch. 5 Person/Environment Interactions Flashcards
What is the competence-environmental press approach?
It is a theory that states that how we view and interact with our environment is based on both our ability to function (competence) and the level of challenge that our environment imposes on us (environmental press).
What are the five domains of competence?
Physical health, sensory-perceptual skills, motor skills, cognitive skills, and ego strength
What kind of demands does our environment put on us?
Physical, social, and intrapersonal
How are competence and environmental press related?
Competence and environmental press can inadvertently grow together if the right amounts are added. For instance, a person’s competence grows as more challenges are added into their environments. As a person’s competence gets higher, the amount of challenges that they can handle increases.
How does maladaptive behavior and negative emotions occur in the competence/environmental press model?
Maladaptive behavior and negative emotions can occur when too must environmental press is placed on a person with low competence or if too little press is placed on a person with high competence.
What are two ways that people tend to respond when their competence or environment change?
People tend to be either proactive or docile.
Proactive - People choose new behaviors to meet new desires and needs
Docile - People allow their situation to dictate the options they have
What are some things that can help a person with declining competence cope with environmental demands?
Grab bars, smartphones, self-driving cars, elevators, etc.
What is the preventative and corrective proactivity model?
Model based off of competence/environmental approach model that explains how proactive adaptations and external resources can limit the number of life stressors.
What are the two types of proactive adaptations?
Preventative and Corrective
What are preventative adaptations?
Actions that avoid stressors and increase/ build social resources. An example would be taking the elevator to avoid falling on the stairs.
What are corrective adaptations?
Actions taken in response to stressors and can be facilitated by internal/external resources. An example would be doing physical therapy after experiencing a fall.
What is everyday competence?
It is a person’s potential ability to perform a variety of tasks that are essential for independent living.
What are the four parts of Schaie and Willis’s everyday competence model?
Antecedents, mechanisms, components, and outcomes of everyday competence.
What does “aging in place” mean?
It means staying in the house and community you already live in as opposed to moving into a long-term care facility.
What is Cluster Housing?
A living area that has residential-like settings and a variety of services (ex. transportation, housekeeping, meals, etc.) Individuals get to pick and choose which services they want to use based on their needs.
