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ch 8: basic concepts of age related stereotypes

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  • beliefs about characteristics, attributes, and behaviors of members of certain groups
  • older adults have more positive stereotypes of aging
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ch 8: how stereotypes guide our behaviors

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  • often overlearned, activation of automatic and unconscious stereotypes (implicit)
  • can be positive or negative
  • guide the way we treat elderly and the aging process
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ch 8: age related double standard

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person attributes older person’s failure in memory as more serious cognitive decline, while younger adults is attributed to lack of attention

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ch 8: stereotype threat

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evoked fear of being judged in accordance with a negative stereotype about a group to which you belong (ex. females primed with stuff about math, do worse); vulnerable to environmental cues

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ch 8: negative aging stereotypes impacts functioning in older adults

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memory, balance, cardiovascular response (priming effect)

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ch 8: generational social beliefs/social knowledge

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  • knowledge from previous experience, schemas throughout life
  • defined by how we represent and interpret the behavior of others in a social situation
  • maintain social scripts
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ch 8: factors that influence social knowledge

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cohort effect, life stage and circumstances, life stage development, age differences, content, strength, likelihood of automatic activation

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ch 8: impression formation in older adults

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  • the way we form and revise impressions about others
  • declines in cognitive processing resources impact the social judgement process
  • we make initial snap decisions that change later after reflective thinking
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ch 8: differences between older and younger adults (impression formation)

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-older adults have more rigid initial impressions, search for more emotional info, use ALL info available to them

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ch 8; understand the negativity bias

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when people allow their initial negative impressions to stand despite subsequent positive information
-adults more prone to negative because its more striking; seek out emotional info

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ch 8: know diff types of attributions; causal

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explanations people construct to explain behavior; why behavior occurs

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ch 8: know diff types of attributions; dispositional

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behavioral explanations that reside within the person

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ch 8: know diff types of attributions; situational

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behavioral explanations that reside outside the person

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ch 8: cognitive style

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how we approach solving problems (visual, active experimentation, kinestetic, concrete experience, auditory, reflective observation

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ch 8: how and why personal goals change

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  • socioemotional selectivity theory–where we invest resources
  • selective optimization with compensation–re-evaluating interests, shifting priorities
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ch 8: personal control

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degree to which a person believes that their performance in a situations depend on something they do

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ch 8: Brandstader

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preservation and stabilization of positive view of the self and personal development later in life includes 3 independent process

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ch 8: assimilative activities

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prevent losses important to self-esteem; memory aids, lists, calendars

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ch 8: accommodations

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readjusting goals and aspirations to lessen effects of negative self-evaluations; run half mile instead of one

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ch 8: immunizing mechanisms

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alter the effects of self-discrepant info

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ch 8: cognitive collaboration

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two or more work together to solve cognitive tasks; collaboration helps facilitate memory

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ch 9: 5 dimensions of personality costa and mccrae

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openness, concientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neurotisicm

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ch 9: openness

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fantasy, aesthetics, action, ideas, values

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ch 9: conscientious

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hardworking, ambitious, energetic, scrupulous, persevering, eager

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ch 9: extraversiou
warmth, gregariousness, assertive,a ctivity, excitement seeking, positive
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ch 9: agreeableness
kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, considerat
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ch 9: neuroticism
anxiety, hostility, self-conscious, depression
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ch 9: 3 levels of eprsonality structure and function
dispositional, personal concerns, life narrative
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ch 9: dispositional traits
stable, remain throughout lifespan (shy, talkative, mean)
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ch 9: personal concerns
things important to people/goals/concerns, motivational/developmental depending on life stage (starting family, get job, retire)
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ch 9: life narrative
aspects of personality that pull everything together, integrative aspects that give person identity
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ch 9: jung's theory
balance, integrating dimensions of self
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ch 9: eriksons theory
interaction between inner plan and external societal demands; 8 stages
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ch 9: erikson's 8 stages
1. trust vs mistrust 2. autonomy vs shame/doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs identity confusion 6. intimacy vs isolation 7. generativity vs stagnation 8. ego vs despair
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ch 9: generativity
concern to establish and guide the next generation; pride/embarrassment, responsibility/ambivalence, productivity/inadequacy, parenthood/self-absorption; set of impulses (biological, technical, cultural, agentic, communal)
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ch 9: presence and utility of midlife transitions
midlife correction: take good look at selves in middle life to achieve better understanding of self, reevaluation ones roles and dreams and making necessary corrections
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ch 9: purpose of life story
internalized narrative with beginning, middle, end; sense of unity/purpose in lives, better understand identity
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ch 9: identity formation
sense of past, present and future; identity values social constructs (friends, family, religion)
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ch 10: basic assessments used to diagnose
mental status exam (mental competence), interview, self-report, report from others, psychophysiological assessment, direct observation, performance based assessment
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ch 10: basic symptoms of dpression
dysphoria, insomnia, changes in appetite, diffused pain, trouble breathing, headaches, fatigue, sensory loss; 2 weeks with other causes ruled out
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ch 10: basic symptoms of Alzheimer's
progressive, degenerative, fatal; rapid cell death, neurofibrillary tangles/plaques; changes in cognitive function, declines in personal care, inappropriate social behavior, disorientation, diff communication
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ch 10: basic symptoms of Parkinson's
wandering, incontinence, slow walking, hand tremors
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ch 10: basic symptoms of anxiety
dry mouth, sweating, dizziness, upset stomach, diarrhea, insomnia, chest pain, hyperventilation; physical changes that interfere with functioning, underlying health problems
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ch 10: basic symptoms of delirium
disturbance of consciousness that develops rapidly; attention, memory, orientation, language; due to medical conditions, medication side effect, intoxication/withdrawal, exposure to toxins
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ch 10: basic symptoms of bipolar
mania and depression
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ch 10: different aspects of treatment
therapy or medications
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ch 10: therapy
different ages present different problems (for older adults, focus on: recovery, promotion successful aging, neuroplasticity, prevention, intervention); psyhotherapy, behavior, cognitive, relaxation training
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ch 10: medications
SSRI, SNR, DNRI, ECT, memory improvement drugs, increase dopamine, benzodiazepine, beta blockers
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ch 10: sundowning
symptoms are worse in the evening
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ch 11: benefits of friendship
affective, communal nature, sociability and compatibility, foster independence, physical, emotional, immune system, QOL, socioemotional selectivity (goals of social contact-info seeking, self-concept, emotional regulation)
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ch 11: types of abuse
emotional, physical, financial neglect, sexual, abandonment
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ch 11: factors that lead to maritial satisfaction/divorce
age, education level, financial security and pregnancy, exchange theory, homogamy
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ch 11: satisfaction changes in marriag
U-shaped graph
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ch 11: sandwich generation
middle aged parent, taking care of their parents and children
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ch 11: changes in role of grandparent
pass on skills, traditions; take care of grandkids sometimes
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ch 11: empty nest syndrome
depression that comes when kids move out
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ch 12: career construction theory
build career through actions from personal characteristics and social context
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ch 12: holland's personality type theory
RAISEC (realistic, artistic, investigative, social, enterprising, conventional)
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ch 12: realistic
public health vet/dentist
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ch 12: artistic
public health communications specialist
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ch 12: investigative
epidemiologist, environmental health specialist, health services researcher
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ch 12: social
health educator, health promotion specialist
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ch 12: enterprising
public healthy policy maker/planner
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ch 12: conventional
biostatistician, data administrator
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ch 12: reality shock
realizing that what you learn in the classroom does not always transfer directly into the real world
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ch 12: alienation
feeling that what one is doing is meaningless, can't see connection between what we do and the final product
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ch 12: burnout
depletion of energy and motivation
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ch 12: roles that mentor plays for mentee
learn skills, get advice
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ch 12: benefits that mentor gets
generativity, leadership
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ch 12: obsessive passion
compulsion to engage in passionate activity that makes it hard to want to engage in other activities
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ch 12: harmonious passion
freely choose to engage in activity, don't feel compelled
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ch 12: career plateauing
can't advance anymore
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ch 12: glass celining
the level to which women may rise in a company, but not go beyond
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ch 12: pay differential
females income is 81% of males
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ch 12: impact of leisure on stress
improving health, increase optimism, participate in enjoyable activities, personal transformation
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ch 12: what leads someone to retirement
health change, lost job, forced out, wanted to; need something to do, social support
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ch 13: clinical death
lack of heart beat and respiration, whole brain death
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ch 13: persistent vegetative state
occur when cortical functioning ceases, person doesn't recover
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ch 13: how death varies from culture to culture
traditions, etc
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ch 13: bioethics
interaction between human values and technological advances
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ch 13: active euthanasia
deliberately ending someone's life through intervention
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ch 13: passive euthanasia
withholding treatment to end someone's life
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ch 13: 5 stages of grief and examples
1. denial 2. anger 3. bargaining 4. depression 5. acceptance
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ch 13: terror management
why people engage in certain behaviors to achieve particular psychological states based on deeply rooted concerns about mortality; ensure continuation of life, fear of unknown, death anxiety
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ch 13: palliative care
pain management throughout life
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ch 13: hospice care
quality of life at very end
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ch 13: grief
sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, confusion, etc that arise after loss; active coping process
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ch 13: bereavement
state or condition caused by loss through death, no control over
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ch 13: mourning
the way we express our grief, cultural norms
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ch 13: importance of end of life issues
living will, power of attorney, making decisions about what you want
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ch 13: understand the steps needed to facilitated the grieving process
1. acknowledge the reality of loss 2. work through emotional turmoil 3. adjust to the environment where the deceased is absent 4. loosen ties to the deceased 5. understand that grief is an active coping process
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ch 14: traits describing older adults
higher education, more technologically savvy
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ch 14: social security
financial support after retirement, lots of baby boomers drawing benefits now
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ch 14: medicare
- eligibility--65+, disabled, kidney failure - part A: inpatient hospital, skilled nursing, hospice - part B: outpatient services, medical supplies - part D: some coverage for prescription meds
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ch 14: quality of life
one's well being and life satisfaction
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ch 14: strategies for successful aging
healthy lifestyle, remain cognitively active, stay positive, maintain intact social network, stay economically stable
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ch 14: different levels of prevention and examples
primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary
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ch 14: primary intervention
any intervention that prevents disease or condition from occurring (immunization, healthy diet)
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ch 14: secondary intervention
program instituted early after a condition has begun and before significant impairment (cancer screening, medical tests)
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ch 14: tertiary prevention
efforts to avoid development of complications or secondary chronic conditions, manage pain associated with primary chronic condition, sustain life (move bedridden patient to prevent sores, medical intervention, moving after surgery)
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ch 14: quaternary prevention
efforts aimed at improving functional capacities of people with chronic conditions (cognitive interventions, rehab post surgery)
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possible essay topics
grief, mental health treatment, personal goals

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