Physical and cognitive development in adulthood

Question 1

biological - 3

Answer 1

genetically predetermined path way - birth to death, mature, digress, multidirectional
asunchronous - never the same, each system move through diff patterns of aging and development
all the nurturing that were exposed to has an effect - food, PA, address

Question 2

senescence -2

Answer 2

late adulthood

harmful events in terms of appearance and function like wrinkles and age spots

Question 3

senility - 2

Answer 3

accumulation of senescence events to death - attached to disease processes
late adulthood - or earlier, some sort of disease

Question 4

How to calculate life expectancy

Answer 4

go back to the year you were born

Question 5

1900 life expectancy

Answer 5

50

Question 6

2012 life expectancy M vs F

Answer 6

80 vs 84

Question 7

life expectancy trend

Answer 7

went up and now slowing down

Question 8

Do women outlive men?

Answer 8

gap thinning, originally thought to be x chromosome, industrialized (environmental

Question 9

max life expectancy

Answer 9

under ideal conditions 120, oldest 122, but how long do you wanna live

Question 10

2 theories of biological aging

Answer 10

levels of DNA and body cells

levels of organs and tissues

Question 11

aging at the level of DNA and body cells - 2

Answer 11

programmed effects of genes - DNA make up
- aging genes called telomeres - caps that protect us from biological processes every time they replicate they shorten (supplementation?)
- disorders that support aging genes - closely linked to telomeres
cumulative effects of random events - phases where they want to then dont want to, body transitioning of what we do - to prevent aging

Question 12

3 disorders supporting the aging genes

Answer 12

down’s syndrome - avg lifespan of 45, usually by CVD, accelerated aging process (decline of telomeres) like sensory deficits - spectrum disease
progeria - chr1, avg lifespan 13, CVD, 5-10 times their actual age, extremely small telomere and fast deterioation 0 most aggressive aging order thats rare and no way to predict - no genetic link - harmful senescense events but physiologically still the age they are
werners syndrome - chr8, recessive, onset 18-20, infertile, may reproduce before hand, accelerated process, 3-4 times regular, late diagnosis - 40-50

Question 13

3 cumulative effects of random events

Answer 13

damage to DNA in cells - mutations
accumulations - less efficiency in repaire and replacement - aging
probable cause - free radicals - antioxidants to slow them down (good food gps)

Question 14

levels of organs and tissues

Answer 14

cross linkage theory - fibres bend and crosslink to other fibres to make an x pattern which deterioate and speed up aging process quicker - predicable from biological parents

Question 15

motor performance changes

Answer 15

decrease heart and lung function with gradual muscle loss - change in motor performance -reduced capacity/change sports/ maintain

Question 16

other reasons for aging and bad at PA

Answer 16

motivation and practice

Question 17

at what age does athletic skill peak?

Answer 17

20-30 then declines

Question 18

in practice continues, what does decline look like?

Answer 18

2%/decade - we have the capacity

Question 19

what sport peaks later

Answer 19

endurance - long distance running and golf

Question 20

cognitive development

Answer 20

3 career changes in a life time

Question 21

post formal thought

Answer 21

cognitive turning point - body and mind senescence, may not be wisdom, lose simplicity of thinking

Question 22

schaie’s theory

Answer 22

no age

- goals shift from acquiring knowledge to using it - occurs in stages

Question 23

4 stages of schaie’s theory

Answer 23

acquisitive - sensory info, schemas, motor skills, collecting info - what we need to know
achieving - info vs things we want to do - desire to achieve
responsibility - career, roles
reintegrative - late adulthood, prioritize, reevaluate surroundings - why do we need to know

Question 24

achieving and responsibility

Answer 24

how do we use the knowledge

Question 25

adulthood

Answer 25

transitional period between adolescense and older adulthood - long