Cognitive Issues & Socioemotional Dev of Late Adults

Question 1

subtypes of neurocognitive disorders (7)

Answer 1

1. neurocog. disorder due to parkinson’s disease
2. cog. declines due to vascular disease
3. neurocog. disorder due to HIV infection
4. traumatic brain injury
5. substance/med induced neurocog disorder
6. prion disease
7. alzheimer’s disease

Question 2

neurocog. disorder due to parkinson’s disease

Answer 2

symptoms: anxiety, depression, hallucinations, personality changes

Question 3

cog. declines due to vascular disease

Answer 3

• example = neuro issues after stroke

- risk factors: hypertension, smoking, obesity

Question 4

neurocog. disorder due to HIV infection

Answer 4

• occurs in ~25% individuals w/HIV

Question 5

traumatic brain injury

Answer 5

• caused by injury to brain (i.e. bad blow to head)

- symptoms: difficulty concentrated, slowed processing, other cog. impairments

Question 6

substance/med induced neurocog disorder

Answer 6

• symptoms: motor problems, severe concentration problems

Question 7

prion disease

Answer 7

• extremely rare
• caused by transmissible agents called prions
• ex = mad cow
• transmissible via corneal transplantation, injection, physical contact w/contaminated matter

Question 8

compensation

Answer 8

change behaviors to function (i.e. rest after exercising)

Question 9

selection

Answer 9

choose what activities can do as aging

Question 10

optimization

Answer 10

maintain what you can through practice even with declines in other areas

Question 11

selective optimization w/compensation theory

Answer 11

successful aging = selection + compensation + optimization