Cognitive + Socioemotional Development in Later Life Flashcards
Integrity vs. Despair
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stage: Later Life
-reaching integrity means reviewing one’s life and making peace with it. No regrets.
What three senses result in flourishing life (living in the present)?
- Sense of Usefullness
- Sense of Self-efficacy
- Sense of Meaning
What are the two elderly stages?
1 )Old-old: 80+, physically poor and frail
2) Young-old: 60s and 70s, typically healthy, relatively wealthy
Episodic Memory
memory for life events (dinner, daily plans, execute tasks)
Divided Attention
Multitasking
Memory Self-Efficacy
Feeling of confidence you have
When is crystallized intelligence high in the elderly stage of life?
60s early 70s
When does cognitive decline occur? What declines specifically?
Decline in late 70s and 80s, seen in episodic memory, divided attention, memory self-efficacy.
What challenges do the Old-old face (against their happiness)?
Poverty, death of loved ones, physical frailty.
Mourning
Obsession w/ loved one and events surrounding the death, impulse to search for one’s spouse, continuing bonds (feeling the spouse is physically there).
Who is more at risk during widowhood (mortality effect)?
Men; highly dependent on spouse, limited options for making a new life.
What was the main point of the “Young At Heart” video?
- press on
- keep in memory
- go on
How is retirement a social construction?
Government programs enables citizens to live without working.
What does the change 20th century life expectancy mean for retirement?
We are living another 20 yrs after retiring= that’s a full stage of life!
Increases in life expectancy + decreases in fertility + Baby Boomers = ?
Federal Budget Strain
1950–> For every 16 workers; 1 retiree
2030–> For every 2 workers; 1 retiree
