Module 7 - Adulthood

Question 1

physiological changes

Answer 1

• skeletal maturity
• max bone mass 25 &35
• nutrition of cartilage disrupted
• 30% of muscle strength and mass loss between 50-70
• olfactory systems decrease
• inability to
  hear high pitches sounds after 30

Question 2

fluid intelligence

Answer 2

ability to process novel information peaks in young adulthood and then declines

Question 3

crystallised intelligence

Answer 3

ability to apply knowledge gained over time by experience and uses judgement to aid in deciding how to respond to a situation

Question 4

implicit memory

Answer 4

skills that are practiced and automatic that primarily involve cognitive or motor components

Question 5

explicit memory

Answer 5

knowledge about the world, facts and figures, allows for abstract thought

Question 6

working memory

Answer 6

associated with past and present events

Question 7

age and personality related diseases

Answer 7

CVD: weight and lack of exercise (type a )

Question 8

social roles

Answer 8

a set of behaviours that have some socially shared patterns of expectations for behaviour

Question 9

role enactment

Answer 9

patterned characteristics of social behaviour generated by a social role

Question 10

life course

Answer 10

the integration and sequencing of phases of work and family live over time

Question 11

trajectory

Answer 11

the path of one’s life experiences in a specific domain

Question 12

transition

Answer 12

the beginning or ending of an event or relationship

Question 13

social clock

Answer 13

age norms and expectations for particular roles or behaviours

Question 14

Attachment - friendships (3 different themes)

Answer 14

1. affective or emotional
2. shared or communal nature
3. sociability and compatibility

Question 15

what are the 6 different types of cohabiting relationships

Answer 15

• marginal
• prelude to marriage
• stage in marriage process
• alternative to being single
• alternative to marriage
• indistinguishable from marriage

Question 16

phases in the selection of a partner

Answer 16

phase 1 - original attraction

phase 2 - deeper attraction

phase 3 - barriers to break up

phase 4 - the right one relationship

Question 17

steinberg’s theory of love

Answer 17

• intimacy
• commitment
• passion

= consummate love

Question 18

homogamy

Answer 18

degree to which people are similar

Question 19

assortative mating

Answer 19

selecting ones partner based on similarity across many dimensions

Question 20

cognitive appraisal theory

Answer 20

relationship between person and environment that is taxing or exceeding resources and endangering wellbeing