Section 11-13 Flashcards
Primary Sex Traits
Changes that are necessary for reproduction
Secondary sex traits
The ones you see but not used for reproduction
Cognitive changes
Changes in thinking
More complex and abstract
Relationship with parents
Conflict over trivial issues
Lots of agreements on important issues
Relationship with peers
Homophily- spend time with like others
Peer pressure
Erickson stage 1- Trust vs mistrust
Infants develop a sense of basic trust
Erickson stage 5- identity vs confusion
Religion, politics, occupation, etc
Erickson stage 8- integrity vs despair
When reflecting on life older adult might feel satisfaction or failure
Psychological disorders
Depression: most commonly diagnosed
Anxiety: most commonly category of disorder
Kohlberg Theory- moral dilemma levels
Pre-conventional
Conventional
Post-conventional
Pre-conventional
Rewards and punishments
Conventional
Conformity = morality
Golden Rule
Post-conventional
Personal moral code
Cognitive Aging
Fluid intelligence and Crystalized Intelligence
Fluid intelligence
(logical reasoning, reaction time, info processing)
Declines as you get older
Crystallized intelligence
Draws upon your experience
Big five traits (OCEAN)
Openness
Conscientiousness(hard worker)
Extroversion
Agreedness
Neurotism(anxious)
Global subjective well-being
Perception of your life
Satisfaction is highest early/late adulthood
And lower in midlife
Hedonic well-being
Emotional component(happy, stress, etc.
experience of negative emotion tend to decrease with age
Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease is most common
If everyone lived long enough everyone could get it
Damages from dementia
Ventricle opens spaces
Cellular(dendrite) changes
Conformity
Act differently without being told
Normative
Wanting others to like them
Informational
Wants to do what is right
