Early Adulthood Flashcards
physical functioning
optimum physical and cogntive functioning = achieved in 20s and 30s
primary aging
- age-related physical changes that have a biological basis
- universally shared and unavoidable
secondary aging
- age-related changes due to social and environmental influences (poor health habits, disease)
- age interacts with other variables to influence health
determinants of health
- socioeconomic factors (50%)
- health care system (25%)
- biology and genetics (15%)
- physical environment (10%)
determinants of health: socioeconomic factors
- culture
- early childhood development
- education
- employment
- emotional support
- personal health behaviours
- socioeconomic status
determinants of health: health care system
- hospitals
- hospitals and clinics
-medical services - professionals
determinants of health: biology and genetics
- organs
-body systems - DNA
determinants of health: physical environment
- adequate housing
- safe work place/communities
- clean air, water, and soil
brain and nervous system
- new synapses continue to form
- myelinization continues to happen
- old connections start dying off
- brain continues to mature
- new peak in brain development
new peak in brain development characteristics
- affect cognitive skills of response inhibition
- may depend on ability of frontal lobes of brain to regulate limbic system
limbic system
regulates emotional responses
causes of mental health issues
- period in which adults have the highest expectations and shifting roles
- interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
causes of mental health issues: interaction of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors
- tend to run in families
- increasing disturbances in specific brain function
anxiety disorders
- most common mental disorders
- phobias, GAD, OCD, panic disorder
- associated with intense prolonged fear, anxiety
mood disorders
- second most common mental disorder
- depression, bipolar, cyclothymic, etc.
- mood disturbances
personality disorders
- serious disturbances in cognitive, emotional, and social functioning that is not easily treated
- a collection of personality characteristics can lead to distress, social, and occupational dysfunction
- some improve, most remain problematic for life
to be diagnosed with a personality disorder
- exhibit B since middle-late adolescence
- demonstrate B consistently across most situations
cluster A of personality disorders
odd behaviour
- paranoid
- schizoid
- schizotypal
cluster B of personality disorders
erratic, overly dramatic behaviour
- narcissistic
- histrionic
- borderline
- antisocial
cluster C of personality disorders
anxious, fearful behaviour
- obsessive-compulsive
- avoidant
-dependent
interesting questions:
how would children with antisocial tendencies respond to the little Albert experiment?
create hypothesizes
interesting questions: what are the connections with social learning, imitation, and violent behaviour
create hypotheses
interesting questions: is modelling violent behaviour more straightforward than prosocial behaviour?
create hypotheses
validity of personality disorders
- little is known about etiology
- few seek treatment (ego-syntonic)
- have childhood antecedents
- stable across lifespan
schizophrenia
-disturbances of thought (confused thinking, delusions, hallucinations)
- may interfere with normal functioning
- positive and negative symptoms
ego-syntonic
- feelings that are in harmony
- few seek treatment
ego-dystonic
- distressing feelings
- most seek treatment
schizophrenia: confused thinking
schizophrenia: delusions
schizophrenia: hallucinations
schizophrenia: positive symptoms
- delusions
- hallucinations
- disorganized behaviour and speech
schizophrenia: negative symptoms
- anhedonia (lack of pleasure)
- amotivation
- flat effect
- alogia (lack of speech productivity)
alcohol and substance abuse disorders: binge drinking
- associated with variety of problems
- rate of ____ increase
1. unprotected sex
2. physical injury
3. driving while intoxicated
4. trouble with the police
alcohol and substance abuse disorders: influences
- how fast the effects of the drug are felt
- how pleasurable the drug is in producing euphoria or extinguishing pain
- how long the pleasurable the effects last
- how much discomfort is experienced when stop using the drug
Piaget’s formal operations and beyond
- theorists argue development does not stop here
- post-formal thoughts