ULO 4- Predictable life transitions Flashcards
Older Adult
List the predictable declines/increases changes
Declines in
- ability to perform tasks
- physical attractiveness
- learning and memory
- appetite
Increases in
- wisdom, knowledge
- respect received
- life satisfaction
- physical and mental frailty
Older adult
List some predictable transitions
- retirement
- continue to work after retirement
- are activity competent
- community involvement
- volunteer
Adolescence 12-18years
List predictable life transitions
- growth spurts
- puberty
- chooses social circle
- discovering their sense of ‘self’/identity
Infant
List predictable life transitions
- attachment
- looking for parents face
- crawling
- mimicking words and facial expressions
- stranger anxiety
Selected landmarks of infancy (0 - 1 year) includes…
sitting both with assistance and unassisted, crawling, standing, walking
“Who am I?” becomes a critical question in adolescence. Erikson suggested this was resolved in the developmental stage of…
identity v role confusion
Vascular disease causing multi-infarct dementia accounts for what percentage of organic brain syndrome in older adults?
10-20%
Define: Fluid intelligence
the ability to process new information in novel situations
Give an example: assimilation
Ever since tasting pureed spinach, three year old Jessie refuses to eat anything green and gets upset when she is offered green food
Give example: Negative reinforcement
When the doctor applied a soothing balm to David’s leg, it took away a lot of the bruising and pain.
When a child understands that he or she is a boy or girl, the child has acquired…
Gender identity
The idea that objects continue to exist even when they are hidden from view which develops in the sensorimotor stage is called…
object permanence
Give example: Classical conditioning
getting goose bumps when hearing music in a horror movie
Which Piaget stages uses symbolic thinking
Preoperational 2-6yrs
In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, children in the sensorimotor stage…
know the world only through muscle activities and sensory impressions
