Chapter 8 - Middle Adulthood Flashcards
Osteoporosis
Condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin, is often brought about by a lack of calcium in diet.
A nearly universal change in eyesight during middle adulthood is the loss of near vision is called…
Presbyopia
Condition where pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either because the fluid cannot drain properly or because too much fluid is produced.
Glaucoma
Loss in hearing sounds of high frequency
Presbycusis
Chronic disease in middle adulthood
Arthritis, diabetes, hypertension
Psychoneuroimmunologists say that stress produces three main consequences:
Direct physiological effects
Harmful behaviours
Indirect heath-related behaviours
What behaviour pattern is correlated to coronary heart disease?
Type A
Competitiveness, impatience, tendency toward frustration and hostility, engage in polyphasic activities (multiple activities carried out simultaneously)
Radiation therapy
Use of radiation to destroy a tumour
Chemotherapy
Controlled ingestion of toxic substances meant to poison tumour
Mammography
Weak X-ray
Used to detect breast cancer
Fluid intelligence
The ability to deal with new kinds of problems and situations
Crystallized intelligence
The store of information, skills, and strategies that people have acquired through education and prior experiences, and through their previous use of fluid intelligence.
Development of expertise a particular occupational area, by which people concentrate on particular skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas.
Selective optimization
Components of memory
Sensory memory - initial, momentary storage of information that lasts only an instant.
Short-term memory - holds information for 15-25 seconds.
Long-term memory - holds information that is rehearsed for a relatively permanent time.
Schemas
Organized bodies of information stored in memory.
