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3 approaches/personality structures

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dispositional traits
personal concerns
life narrative

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dispositional traits (personality structure 1)

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trait is any distinguishable enduring way a person differs from others. personality is stable across contexts.

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facets

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characteristics within a trait

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five factor model

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NEOAC
fairly consistent across cultures

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neuroticism

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ability to handle stress and emotions

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extraversion

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excitement seeking, warmth, activity, assertiveness

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openness

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more liberal in values, theoretical thinking, creative

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agreeableness

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trust, compliance, altruism
opposite is antagonism

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conscientiousness

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self-discipline, hard-working, ambitious
poor executive functioning correlated to low conscientiousness

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which personality traits are associated with longevity

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high conscientiousness and low neuroticism

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personality traits stabilize when

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age 30

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personality changes

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NEO go down and AC go up with age

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personal concerns (personality structure 2)

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people are more than their traits, concerns reflect what people want a particular times in their lives, change over time.

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jung’s theory

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all aspects of personality must be in balance, people organized into orientations, introversion vs extraversion

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myer’s theory

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16 personality types, workforce

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erikson’s lifespan theory

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8 stages of development, struggle between two crises, people must solve them to continue developing

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epigenetic principle (erikson’s theory)

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each crisis occurs during a specific time

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life narratives (personality structure 3)

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internal, evolving story and anticipated future, mcadam’s life story model

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number of possible selves ____ with age

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decreases

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LGBT group with higher health disparities

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bi and trans older adults

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LGBT older adults are more likely to retire early due to health problems t/f?

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t

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Criminal justice population is again more rapidly than U.S. population t/f?

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t

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accelerated aging

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the age a prisoner is considered to be older is lower than non prisoner (50-55)

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most common geriatric syndrome in prison

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cognitive impairment

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fredrikensen goldsen model explaining minority status related to sexual identity can result in variation of health

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health equity promotion model

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responses to older prisoners with dementia

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unit for cognitivelt impaired, true grit program, and gold coats

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neuropsychology

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compares healthy adults to individuals with brain damage

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lateralization

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one side of hemisphere shows greater activation in task, left or right brained

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frontal lobe function

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executive function, planning

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temporal lobe

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verbal and auditory processing

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parietal lobe

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somatosensory

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occipital lobe

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visual processing, balance

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hippocampus

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memory headquarters, reduced with AD

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amygdala

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emotional headquarters

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emotional based learning involves

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amygdala, hippocampus, frontal lone

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36
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fear conditioning

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little albert experiment

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lobe/brain regions most susceptible to age

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frontal and prefrontal

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dendrite

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receives message

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39
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terminal buttons

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transmit message to synapse

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axon

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transmits message

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fight or flight transmitters

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excitatory transmitters (sympathetic)

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age related changes to neurons

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tangles develop in axon fibers, increased deposits of proteins (AD staples)

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corpus callosum

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connects brain hemispheres

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contralaterality

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right side of brain controls left, vice versa

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structural imaging

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CT, MRI, DTI

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functional imaging

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EEG, PET, SPECT, fMRI

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ecology of aging

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where, when, and why decide to move

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person environment fit

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individual is good match for environment and env. is good match for them

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aging in place

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most highly preferred aging environment, want to live in the same place and not move b/c impairment

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continuum of care

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level of service/care changes as we age

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kahana congruence model

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older adults with particular needs seek environments that best meet those needs

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lawton and nahemow theory

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environmental press and competency

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attkinson and shiffrin model of information processing

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sensory memory > short term memory > long term memory

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sensory memory lasts ___

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a few seconds

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executive functioning is

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what we choose to pay attention to
planning, sequencing, coordinating, complex goals

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useful field of view

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area from which one can extract visual information in a single glance without eye or head movement

57
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short term memory holds ___

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7 +/-2 bits of information

58
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storage capacity for short term memory enhanced by

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chunking, maintenance rehearsal, and meaningful elaboration (best)

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working memory

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turns short term to long term memory (digit span forward/backward)

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semantic memory

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vocabulary and spelling (long term memory)

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procedural memory

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skill like dancing (long term memory)

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semantic encoding

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makes information meaningful

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implicit vs explicit memory

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explicit is intentional and conscious remembering while implicit doesn’t know where it came from, effortless (best buy sign is blue)

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episodic memory decline sharply after __

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65

65
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priming

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exposing someone to something before they know they are being tested on it (implicit memory)

66
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clive wearing case

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encephalitis led to severe damage of hippocampus

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most age related cognitive decline is associate with decline in ________

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sensory perception and processing speed

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prospective memory

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remembering to do something based on even and time cues

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what are the strongest types of memories?

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emotional memories (amygdala is close to the hippocampus)

70
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only domain of cognition that remains intact and sees some improvement with age

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language/verbal abilites

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theory of multiple intelligence

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8 distinct intelligences

72
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wechsler adult intelligence test

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iq test

73
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crystalized intelligence ___ with age

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does not decrease with age

74
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the only intervention proven to delay the onset of dementia

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cognitive reserve

75
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cognitive impairment pre 1980

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organic brain syndrome

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cognitive impairment post 1980

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dementia

77
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delerium

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disturbance in consciousness and change in cognition for a short period of time, may fluctuate

78
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is dementia increasing or decreasing

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decreasing

79
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preclinical stage of cognitive aging

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silent phase, brain changes without measurable symptoms

80
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is most alzheimer’s disease early or late onset

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late

81
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common dementia issues

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wandering, driving, agitation, sun downing

82
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mild cognitive impairment

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intermediate between normalcy and dementia, mostly in episodic memory, targeted for pharmacological interventions

83
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MMSE

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more severe stage of dementia (more specific to dementia)

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MoCA

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more sensitive to MCI, pre levels

85
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acetylcholinesterase inhibitors

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memory symptom treatment

86
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phase 1 of clinical trials

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safety and proper dose (15-50 ppl)

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phase 2 of clinical trials

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effectiveness and side effects (>100 ppl)

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phase 3 of clinical trials

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new treatment vs existing treatment (hundreds of ppl)

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phase 4 of clinical trials

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approved and available (thousands of ppl)

90
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Men’s friendships tend to be based on ____

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Shared activities

91
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Women’s friendships tend to be based on ____

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Intimate emotional sharing

92
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Historically, ____ suggested older adults withdrew from society

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Disengagement theory

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Socioemotional selectivity theory

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Older people selectively prune their relationships (value close not distant relationships)

94
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Convoy theory (antonucci)

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Social relationships include people leaving and joining a group with age

95
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REGARDS and CARES

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stroke patients longitudinal caregiving study

96
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Schulz and beach study

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Showed spouse caregivers had higher mortality than noncaregivers (other studies disprove)

97
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Paradox of leisure

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People who most need it gave more obstacles to participate

98
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Preferred leisure activities are based on ____

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Perceived competence and psychological comfort

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Ability to adapt to aging process model (rowe and k)

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Freedom from disease and disability, high cognitive and physical functioning, and active engagement with life

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Valiant model

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Health criteria: no physical disability at age 75, good subjective health, length of undisabled life. Has social criteria too.

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Harmonious aging

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Multiple ways to age well, based on people’s happiness with life

102
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Set point perspective

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Biologically determined boundaries for level of wellbeing individual experiences

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Subjective wellbeing

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Positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction

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