SDS 150R - EXAM Flashcards
Theories of mate selection
- survival
- filter
- similarity
- exchange
- social role
two types of aging
primary: biological origin, universal
Secondary: social and environmental, not inevitable
biological clock
- gets louds
- internal system in living organisms
- regulates various physiological processes over a 24-hour period
- aka circadian rhythm
social clock
- gets quieter
- societal expectations surrounding the timing of major life events and milestones
most challenging period of life
- worker
- partner
- parent
- entering roles
role strain and role conflict
role strain: not being able to measure of the demands of a role
role conflict: 2 or more roles are incompatible
what causes mental health disorders?
- period during when adults have both highest expectations
- highest levels of both roles conflict and role strain
physical health functioning during middle adulthood
- function as well as young adults
- Health habits and behaviours catch up
- Gender and health
- Disease and disability
menopause
- cessation of monthly menstruation cycles
- avg age = 50
- finding themselves
- Symptoms: Irregular periods, Vaginal dryness, Hot flashes
midlife crisis
- Perceived gap between past expectations and actual accomplishments
- awareness of inevitability of death
- sense of urgency to narrow the gap
tasks of midlife transition
- accept personal mortality
- adjust self and sexual identity
- reorient work and vocational goals
- recognize physical limitations and risks
caregiver burden
cumulative effects of caring for an elderly or disabled
sandwich generation
involves caregiving responsibilities towards two or three generations: parents and grandparents
support for aging parents
- emotional support
- direct care
- mediate between parents and services
grandparent categories
- remote
- companionate
- involved
companionate relationship
- Regularly involved
- Positive relationship with the kids
- Both happy to see each other
involved relationships
- Day to day relationships
- Everyday caregiving
- Babysitting
remote relationship
- Lives far away
- Seeing them during holidays
- Seeing when they travel
correlates of death anxiety
fear that people experience in response to the idea of death
stages of death and dying
- denial
- anger
- bargaining
- depression
- acceptance
keys issues about dying
- accepting the reality of death
- managing the emotional and physical pain
- maintaining a sense of control
- finding meaning and purpose
- maintaining relationships
- preparing for the end of life
palliative care then and now
Then: family entered care
- family cared for family in the house
Now: hospital care
- when too ill, admitted to hospital
- funeral home prepare the body and manage death rituals
what hospice care actually is
- palliative care looks for quality of life not a cure
- switching over to hospital care and losing the family entered care
- visiting, day program, hairdressing, community
dementia and alzheimer’s disease
- Alzimers is the most common type of dementia
- Dementia (half of adults will die of this)
benefits of physical activity
- Overall fitness level
- Brain aging (decreases dementia)
- Gross motor skills
- Overall cognitive function
- Memory
Similarities of Erikson and Butler’s Life review processes
- Awareness of death being central
- Evaluate and make sense out of life
- Out of review may determine well-being in final years
process of life review
- Past focused
- Reflective
- Philosophical
- Introspective
relationship between age and life satisfaction
- Higher around 18
- The grind of life kicks and it lowers
- Roles strain and role conflict
- It comes back again around 40/50 years
