DEV PSYCH Flashcards
Biological theory of aging that states people age because normal metabolic processes within cells produce unstable oxygen molecules that ricochet around inside cells damaging DNA and cellular structures
A. Hormonal Stress Theory
B. Evolutionary Theory
C. Cellular Clock Theory
D. Free-Radical Theory
E. Mitochondria Theory
D. Free-Radical Theory
Culture-based software programs of the mind; include reading and writing skills, language comprehension, educational qualifications, profession skills, and types of knowledge that help to master or cope with life.
A. Cognitive mechanics
B. Attention
C. Speed processing
D. Cognitive pragmatics
D. Cognitive pragmatics
Convoy Model of Social Relation
A. older adults have fewer peripheral social contacts and more emotionally positive contacts with friends and family
B. individuals go through life embedded in a personal network of individuals to whom they give and from whom they receive social support
C. older adults who had persistently low or declining feelings of usefulness to others had an increased risk of earlier death
D. belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others; concern for the welfare of others
B. individuals go through life embedded in a personal network of individuals to whom they give and from whom they receive social support
Increase the risks associated with consuming alcohol or other drugs
A. Multiple medications
B. Frequency of binge drinking
C. Moderate drinking of red wine
D. Late-onset alcoholism
A. Multiple medications
Which of the following is true?
A. Self esteem tends to decline significantly in the 70s and 80s.
B. Majority of adults in their 60s and 70s reported being not in control of their lives
C. Consciousness predicts higher mortality risk from childhood through late adulthood
D. Higher consciousness, extraversion, and openness were related to a higher risk of earlier death.
A. Self esteem tends to decline significantly in the 70s and 80s.
services that provide temporary relief for those who are caring for individuals with disabilities, illnesses, or the elderly
A. Respite care
B. MH first-aid
C. support care system
D. care for the elderly and w/ special needs
A. Respite care
young-old in late adulthood is
A. aged 65 to 85
B. aged 60 to 70
C. aged 65 to 84
D. aged 60-79
C. aged 65 to 84
linked to better health and increased longevity due to benefits of resveratrol
A. multiple medications
B. frequency of binge dinking
C. late-onset alcoholism
D. moderate drinking of red wine
D. moderate drinking of red wine
biological theory of aging that states age makes cell less capable of dividing
A. Evolutionary Theory
B. Cellular Clock Theory
C. Free-Radical Theory
D. Mitochondria Theory
E. Hormonal Stress Theory
B. Cellular Clock Theory
older adults need to compensate when life tasks require a higher level of capacity; factor of successful aging
Compensation
person’s actual ability to function
A oldest-old
B. operational age
C. functional age
D. young-old
C. functional age
view that the aging society is being unfair to its younger members
A. generational inequity
B. generational unfairness
C. societal inequality
D. societal injustice
A. generational inequity
the more active and involved older adults are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their lives
A socioemotional selectivity theory
B. Erikson’s theory
C. activity’s theory
D. selective optimization with compensation theory
C. activity’s theory
older adults become more selective about their social networks; spend more time with individuals with whom they have had rewarding relationships
A. socioemotional selectivity theory
B. Erikson’s theory
C. activity’s theory
D. selective optimization with compensation theory
A. socioemotional selectivity theory
most noticeable changes in physical appearance in late adulthood
A. wrinkles and age spots
B. muscle loss
C. bone loss
D. grey to white hair
A. wrinkles and age spots
focused and extended engagement with an aspect of the environment
A. selective attention
B. divided attention
C. executive attention
B. divided attention
focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others
A. selective attention
B. divided attention
C. executive attention
A. selective attention
neurological disorder in which primary symptoms involve a deterioration of mental functioning
A. dementia
B. Alzheimer’s disease
C. Parkinson’s disease
A. dementia
biological theory of aging that states aging is caused by the decay of mitochondria
A. Evolutionary Theory
B. Cellular Clock Theory
C. Free-Radical Theory
D. Mitochondria Theory
E. Hormonal Stress Theory
D. Mitochondria Theory
biological theory of aging that states benefits conferred by evolution decline with age because natural selection is linked to reproductive fitness
A. Evolutionary Theory
B. Cellular Clock Theory
C. Free-Radical Theory
D. Mitochondria Theory
E. Hormonal Stress Theory
A. Evolutionary Theory