Lecture 12 - Adulthood Flashcards
Marital satisfafction is a major predictor of what
psychological well being
When is divorce more manageable and less tramatic
at later stages of adulthood
What is the sandwich generation
Middle age adults who take care of their parents and their young children
What does longitudinal research show with intelligence
An increase in performance in IQ tests with age
Why is cross sectional research not giving the best results for intelligence
Cohort effects - really depends on the individual people
Why are IQ tests not a great measure of ability
Theyre too broad
What skills decline earlier for women
Fluid
What skills decline earlier for men
Crystalized
Fluid skills decline earlier for which gender
WOmen
Crystalized skills decline earlier for which gender
Men
What is crystallized intelligence
Depends on acumulated knowledge/experience
good judgement
mastery of social conventions
What is fluid intelligence
working memory
analyzing info speed
ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli
Does reaction time increase or decrease from age 20+
Increases
What are the two hypotheses for why RT increases
neural network - neurons die/break connections, new connections go around the breaks but are less efficient
information loss - older adults lose more info as it passes through the cognitive system, so the whole system has to slow down to process
Does multitasking get easier or harder with age
Harder
