Lesson 8 Flashcards
The result of innate neurological abilities to process new information and is best measured by novel tasks. It does appear to decline in middle adulthood.
Fluid intelligence
Refers to leaving a legacy for the next generation and can be achieved through parenting, mentoring, or artwork, writing a book, etc.
Generativity
Information acquired through formal learning, reading, watching documentaries, or lectures.
Crystallized intelligence
The greatest loss of hearing in old age, especially high pitched sounds.
Presbycusis
Farsightedness
Presbyopia
Werner Schaie’s middle adult life stage of cognitive development.
Responsible stage.
A feeling adults get when they do not feel like they have made their mark in the world, causing them to become bitter and self absorbed.
Stagnation
A strategy to deal with stress by tackling a stressful situation directly.
Problem-focused coping
A strategy to deal with stress by changing feelings about the stressor rather than changing the stressor itself.
Emotion-focused coping
The total combined burden of physiological stressors that an individual lives with.
Allostatic load
The gradual accumulation of stressors over a long period of time.
Weathering
A measure of the reduced quality of life caused by disability.
Daily Adjusted Life Years
DALYs
A way of comparing mere survival vs. survival with good health.
Quality Adjusted Life Years
QALYs
The 1st cross sequential study of adult intelligence. This study began in 1956; the most recent testing was 2005.
Seattle Longitudinal Study
The intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving; sometimes called tacit intelligence.
Practical intelligence
