Intro to Ageing

Question 1

which countries experience steepest increase in older population?

Answer 1

developing countries

Question 2

3 major domains of ageing?

Answer 2

physical
cognitive
view of self/personality

Question 3

how does self-rated health impact older people?

Answer 3

predictor of mortality

Question 4

What kind of memory declines with age?

Answer 4

fluid

working memory

Question 5

what is dialectical thinking?

Answer 5

can see truth in opposing points

Question 6

5 components of wisdom:

Answer 6

1. rich factual
2. rich precedural
3. lifespan context
4. relativity
5. knowledge re: uncertainty

Question 7

personality change is red flag for?

Answer 7

frontotempoal lobar degeneration

Alzheimer’s

Question 8

What is diogenes syndrome?

Answer 8

personality disorder masquerading as dementia

Question 9

2 way people adapt to being older:

Answer 9

Assimilation

Accommodation

Question 10

Maturity of Defences means? which study?

Answer 10

If life gives you lemons…

Harvard Study

Question 11

BASE study’s main point?

Answer 11

selective optimisation and compensation (eg. older pianist)

Question 12

Row and Khan’s ideas?

Answer 12

successful ageing

Question 13

what does heterogeneity do as people age?

Answer 13

increase

Question 14

old age universal decline?

Answer 14

nope. opportunity for growth