Chapter 15 Flashcards
climacteric
The midlife transition in which fertility declines
crystallized intelligence
refers to skills that depend on a accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgment, and mastery of social convention- abilities acquired because they are valued by the individual’s culture.
fluid intelligence
depends more heavily on basic information -processing skills- ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli, speed of analyzing information, and capacity of working memory.
glaucoma
A disease in which poor fluid drainage leads to a buildup of pressure within the eye, damaging the optic nerve.
hardiness
A set of three personal qualities - control, commitment and challenge
hormone therapy
Low daily doses of estrogen
information-loss view
suggest that older adults experience greater loss of information as it moves through the cognitive system. As a result, the whole system must slow down to inspect and interpret the information.
menopause
The end of menstruation and reproductive capacity
neural network view
as neurons in the brain die, breaks in neural networks occur. The brain adapts by forming bypasses - new synaptic connections that go around the breaks but are less efficient.
osteoporosis
When age related bone loss is severe. Affects 10million US adults, 80% are woman.
practical problem solving
requires people to size up real-world situations and analyze how best to achieve goals that have a high degree of uncertainty.
presbycusis
“old hearing”
Age related hearing loss that an estimated 14% of Americans between 45-64 suffer from.
presbyopia
literally, “old eyes”
At around age 60, the lens loses its capacity to adjust to objects at varying distances entirely
Type A behavior pattern
Extreme competitiveness, ambition, impatience, hostility, angry outbursts, and a sense of time pressure.
