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Middle adulthood Flashcards

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Senescence

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A gradual decline relating to age

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Typically adults feel how much younger than their chronological age?

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5-10

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The aging brain

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(1) Neurons fire slowly, neurological reserves, homeostasis and allostasis protects the brain (2) Brain decreases in size

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Outward beauty

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Collagen decreases by 1% each year (by age 30 skin is becoming thinner and less flexible and wrinkle appear)

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Wrinkles appear on all faces at what age

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60

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Outward appearance

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Hair turns grey, middle aged spread appears, muscle weakens, height decreases

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Vision

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Color is less vivid, peripheral vision narrows faster, farsightedness and nearsightedness

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Presbycusis

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Loss of hearing that is associated with senescence

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Contraception

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Birth control, sterilization, early abortion

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Sexual arousal

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Happens more slowly, adults were more satisfied when having sex in a committed monogamous relationship

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Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

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Advances in medicine have solves about half of all fertility problems

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In vitro fertilization

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Procedure which ova are surgically removed from a woman and fertilized with sperm in a lab

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Andropause

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Drop in testosterone in males

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Menopause

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When a woman’s menstrual periods cease and hormone production drop, menopause is dated 1 year after a woman’s last menstrual cycle

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Hormone replacement therapy

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Treatment to compensate for hormone reductio at menopause or after removal of the ovaries , minimizes menopause symptoms

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Alcohol

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Reduces coronary heart disease, increases HDL and lowers LDL

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Health and habits and age

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Adults gain average of 1-2 lbs each year, 2/3 of adults are overweight

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public health

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Measures that help prevent morbidity, mortality and disability in the public at large

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Mortality

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Death

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Morbidity

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Disease

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Disability

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Difficulty in performing a normal activity of daily life

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Vitality

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A measure of health that refers to how healthy and energetic an individual actually feels

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DALY

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measure the reduced quality of life caused by diability

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QALY

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compare mere survival without vitality to survival with good health, full year of health is full QALY

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General intelligence (spearman)

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Involves all cognitive abilities which people possess in varying amounts

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26
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Research on age and intelligence combines what

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Cross sectional research and longitudinal

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Cross sectional

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Compares groups of people who differ in age

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Cross sequential

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First study groups of people of different ages and then follow the groups over the years

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Longitudinal

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Research designed following same individuals over a period of time

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Fluid intelligence

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make learning quick and thorough, testing short term memory and abstract thought, decreases with age

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Crystallized intelligence

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reflects accumulated learning, vocabulary and general information

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Creative intelligence

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A form of intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative, valued in new challenges

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Analytical intelligence

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A form of intelligence that involves such mental processes as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention and info processing, valued in school

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Practical intelligence

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The intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving, valued in adulthood

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KIDI

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Measures how much caregivers know about infants

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Avoidant coping

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Methods of responding to a stressor by ignoring, forgetting or hiding it

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Problem focused coping

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Strategy to deal with stress by tackling a stressful situation directly

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Emotion focused coping

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Strategy to deal with stress by changing feelings about the stressor rather than changing the stressor itself

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Weathering

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Gradual accumulation of stress

40
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Religious coping

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Process of turning to faith as a method of coping with stress

41
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Selective optimization with compensation

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Ex: multitasking; The theory that people try to maintain a balance in their lives by looking for the best way to compensate for physical and cognitive losses and to become more proficient in activities they are already good at

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Intuitive

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Novices follow formal procedures, experts rely on past experiences

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Strategic

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Experts have more and better strategies when problems are unexpected

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Automatic

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Experts process incoming info more quickly and analyze it more efficiently

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Flexible

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Deliberately experimenting and enjoying new challenges when things do not go according to plan

46
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Women’s work

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A term used to denigrate domestic and caregiving tasks that were once thought to be the responsibility of females

47
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Erikson stages after adolescence

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Intimacy vs isolation, Generativity vs stagnation, Integrity vs despair

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Maslow

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Movement up the hierarchy of needs is only when people have satisfied their needs at one level and are ready for the next step

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Self transcendence

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Maslows term for after Self actualization

50
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Midlife crisis

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Supported period of unusual anxiety, radical self reexamination and sudden transformation

51
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What contributes to personality

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Genes, parents, culture, adult circumstances

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Big Five

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The 5 basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout adulthood (Openness, neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness)

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Personality with age

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Personality shifts slightly with age

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2 vies on personality

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Personality is shaped by regional culture OR personality is innate, fixed at birth and largely impervious to social pressure

55
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Social convoy

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Family members, friends (most crucial) and acquaintances who move through life with an individual

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Relationship between child and parent if living together

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Relationship deteriorates if they live together

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Familism

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Belief that family members should support each other

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Amicable family relationship

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Close relationships with adult child

59
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Detached family relationship

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Distance relationship with adult child

60
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Disharmonious family relationship

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Conflict in relationship with adult child

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Ambivalent family relationship

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Both close and critical relationships with adult child, high on communication

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Fictive kin

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Someone who is accepted as part of the family to which there is no blood relation

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Family of origin

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Family each person is born into

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Family of choice

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Family one creates for oneself as an adult

65
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Cohabiters and happiness correlation

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cohabiters who expect to marry are more likely than those who live together for convenience

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Living apart together

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Couple who do not live together and are over 30

67
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First 6 months on marriage

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Honeymoon stage

68
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6 months to 5 yrs marriage

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Happiness drops, divorce is common, first kid arrives

69
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5 to 10 years marriage

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Happiness holds steadt

70
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10 to 20 yrs marriage

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Happiness dips with children reacing puberty

71
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20 to 30 yrs of marriage

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Happiness rises when children leave the nest

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30-50 yrs

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Happiness is high and steady, barring serious health problems

73
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Divorce

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Those who divorce after distressed marriages are happier after divorce however those who divorce after distant marriages are sadder

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Caregiving aged parents

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Sandwich generation where middle aged people need to care for their kids and their own parents

75
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Kinkeeper

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A caregiver who takes responsibility for maintaining communication among family members

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Intrinsic rewards of work

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The intangible gratifications that come from within oneself as a result of doing a job

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Extrinsic rewards of work

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Money, health insurance, pension

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Flextime

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An arrangement in which work schedules are flexible so that employees can balance personal and occupational responsibilities

79
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Part-time work and self-employment

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Non standard work schedules often correlate with personal, relational and child rearing difficulties

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Job satisfaction depends on what?

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The job, home situation, workers ability to balance intimacy and generativity needs

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