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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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Define normative

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Things we expect to happen to most people

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Define idiosyncratic

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Things not culturally universal

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3
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What are the top three causes of death for emerging adults?

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Accidents

Cancer

Cardiac problems

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4
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Explain the changing demographics in college students

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We have more adults students returning to school

We have more women in classrooms

We have more students in college in general

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5
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Explain identity vs role confusion

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Identity: figuring out what we want to be, personal likes and dislikes etc Role confusion: avoiding anything that makes us need to grow up

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Explain intimacy vs isolation

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Intimacy: trying to grow a close partnership Isolation: refusing to give or receive intimacy

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What are the three phases of mate section?

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  1. Stimulus phase - we are attracted to things visually appealing
  2. Value comparison phase – Dating to figure out whether we match up according to values
  3. Role phase - discussing plans for a shared life
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Explain the impact of attachment styles of adult relationships

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Secure - Comfortable with intimacy; unafraid of abandonment

Avoidant – Emphasize independence, mistrust, anxiety about closeness, jealousy, emotional distance, little physical pleasure, unrealistic beliefs

Resistant – Seek quick love, complete merging Jealousy, desperation, emotional highs and lows

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Describe the physical changes that occur in middle adulthood and their impact

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Presbyopia, Presbycusis

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What are the main causes of death in middle adulthood

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Cancer

Cardiovascular disease

Accidents

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What are typical changes that occur in the sexual reproductive system

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Men can still reproduce even though their sperm lose vitality and health, trouble getting erections

Women start to lose fertility by 35 and head toward menopause

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12
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What are the benefits of hormone replacement therapy?

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reduces hot flashes, vaginal dryness some protection against bone loss

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What are the drawbacks of hormone replacement therapy?

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heart attack, stroke, blood clots, cancer, gallbladder disease, Alzheimer’s, and other dementias

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Explain post operational thought in middle adulthood

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Thinking broadly about solving a problem, drawing conclusions ahead of when they happen

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Explain post formal thought in middle adulthood

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What’s good for the majority of people? More emotional and altruistic Less creative

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16
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Explain fluid intelligence

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Depends on basic information-processing skills: detecting relationships among stimuli speed of analyzing information working memory

17
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Explain crystallized intelligence

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Skills that depend on accumulated knowledge experience good judgment mastery of social conventions Valued by person’s culture More based on life experiences

18
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Explain generativity vs stagnation

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Generativity: Reaching out to others in ways that give to and guide the next generation

Extending commitment beyond self and partner

May be realized through parenting or other family, work, and mentoring relationships

Stagnation: Self-centered, self-indulgent, self-absorbed

Lack of interest in young people

Focus on what one can get from others, not what one can give

Little interest in being productive at work or developing talents

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What are the Big Five personality traits and what is the impact of aging on them?

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  • Neuroticism (decrease) - Extroversion (same) - Openness to experience (same) - Agreeableness (increase) - Conscientiousness (increase)
20
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What is young old

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65-79

21
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What is old-old

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80+

22
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Identify common mobility issues in later adulthood and helpful interventions.

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Problem centered coping

Person-environment fit

23
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Explain cognitive changes in adulthood

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Worse at multitasking but better at crystalized intelligence and things that take life experience

24
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Explain integrity vs. despair

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Integrity: I have done all the things I want to do and checked all the boxes

Despair: Feeling despair over the opportunities I missed

25
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What are the three different pathways to death?

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Accidental

Steady decline

Erratic course towards death

26
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Erikson’s stages of development and associated age groups

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27
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Piaget’s developmental stages including characteristics and associated age group.

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28
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What are Freud’s stages of psychosexual development and associated age group?

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29
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Differentiate between longitudinal, cross-sectional, and cross-sequential studies.

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30
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Identify the three periods of pregnancy.

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31
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Explain the stages of labor.

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32
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Infant physical development milestones

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By end of 3rd month:

Develops a social smile

Recognizes your face

Swipes dangling objects

Grasps and shakes hand toys

Raises head and chest when lying on stomach

By end of 6th month:

Eats solids

Sits without support

Passes objects from hand to hand

Rolls back to front & front to back

By end of 9th month:

Crawls

stands with support

Eats with fingers

Plays peek-a-boo

By 12 months…

Finger feeds self – pincer grasp

Holds own sipper cup

Finds hidden objects easily

Says first words

Walks 2-3 steps alone

By 15 months:

Scribbles with crayon

Walks well

Walks backwards

Helps you with dressing

By 18 mo.

Scribbles well

Throw ball overhand

Begins running

Uses eating utensils

Takes off own clothes

Drinks from cup

By 24 months:

Carries large toys while walking

Pulls toys while walking

Kicks a ball

Stands on tiptoe

Climbs up/down stairs

Builds tower of blocks

Some can dress themselves (pull-on clothes)

33
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Identify the typical weight gain pattern during the first two years of life.

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–Double wt. by 6 months

–Triple wt. by 12 months

–Quad. wt. by 24 months

34
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Differentiate between stranger anxiety and separation anxiety and when these occur.

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žStranger wariness:

Infant no longer smiles at any friendly face but cries or looks frightened when an unfamiliar person moves too close

žSeparation anxiety:

Tears, dismay, or anger when a familiar caregiver leaves.

9 months

35
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Infant language devlopment

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  • At about 1 year, babies speak a few words. Spoken vocabulary increases gradually (1-2 words/week).
  • 13-18 months vocabulary around 50 words
  • Once spoken vocabulary reaches about 50 words, it builds quickly, at a rate of 50 to 100 words per month.
  • 18 months language spurt –learning 3+ words/day “naming explosion”
  • 21 months - start producing 2 word sentences
  • 24 months – multiword sentences

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36
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What are the three leading causes of death in late adulthood?

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Cardiovascular disease

Cancer

Chronic respiratory disease

37
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Leading causes of death (all)

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