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PSYC 100 EXAM: Key Terms > Week 15: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Aging > Flashcards

Week 15: Adolescence, Emerging Adulthood, Aging Flashcards

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Crowds

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adolescent per groups characterized by shared reputations or images

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Deviant Peer Contagion

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the spread of problem behaviours within groups of adolescents

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Differential Susceptibility

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genetic factors that make individuals more/less responsive to environmental experiences

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Foreclosure

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individuals commit to an identity without exploration of options

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Homophily

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Adolescents tend to associate w peers who are similar to themselves

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Identity Achievement

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individuals have explored different options and then made commitments

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Identity Diffusion

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adolescents neither explore nor commit to any roles or ideologies

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Moratorium

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state in which adolescents are actively exploring options but have not yet made identity commitments

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Psychological Control

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parents’ manipulation of and intrusion into adolescents’ emotional and cognitive world through invalidating adolescents’ feelings and pressuring them to think in particular ways

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Collectivism

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belief system that emphasizes the duties and obligations that each person has toward others

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Emerging Adulthood

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a new life stage extending from approximately ages 18-25, during which the foundation of an adult life is gradually constructed in love and work; primary features include identity explorations, instability focus on self-development, feeling incompletely adult, and a broad sense of possiblities

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Individualism

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belief system that exalts freedom, independence, and individual choice as high values

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Industrialized Countries

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the economically advanced countries of the world, in which most of the world’s wealth is concentrated

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Non-industrialized countries

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the less economically advanced countries that comprise the majority of the world’s population; most are currently developing at a rapid rate

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OECD Countries

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members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, comprised of the world’s wealthiest countries

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Tertiary Education

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education or training beyond secondary school, usually taking place in a college, university, or vocational training program

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Age identity

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how old or young people feel compared to their chronological age; after early adulthood most people feel younger than their chronological age

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Autobiographical Narratives

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a qualitative research method used to understand characteristics and life themes that an individual considers to uniquely distinguish him- or herself from others

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Average Life Expectancy

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mean number of years that 50% of people in a specific birth cohort are expected to survive; typically calculated from birth but is also sometimes re-calculated for people who have already reached a particular age (ex. 65)

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Cohort

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group of people typically born in the same year or historical period, who share common experiences over time; sometimes called a generation (ex. Baby Boom Generation)

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Convoy Model of Social Relations

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theory that proposes that the frequency, types, and reciprocity of social exchanges change w age; these social exchanges impact the health and well-being of the givers and receivers in the convoy

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Cross-sectional studies

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research method that provides info about age group differences; age differences are confounded w cohort differences and effects related to history and time of study

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Crystallized intelligence

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type of intellectual ability that relies on the application of knowledge, experience, and learned info

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Fluid Intelligence

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type of intelligence that relies on the ability to use info processing resources to reason logically and solve novel problems

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Global Subjective well-being

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individuals’ perceptions of and satisfaction w their lives as a whole

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Hedonic well-being

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component of well-being that refers to emotional experiences, often including measures of positive (ex. happiness, contentment) and negative affect (ex. stress, sadness)

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Heterogeneity

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inter-individual and subgroup differences in level and rate of change over time

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Inhibitory Functioning

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ability fo focus on a subset of info while suppressing attention to less relevant info

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Intra- and Inter-Individual Differences

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different patterns of development observed within an individual (intra-) or between individuals (inter-)

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Life Course Theories

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theory of development that highlights the effects of social expectations of age-related life events and social roles; additionally considers the lifelong cumulative effects of membership in specific cohorts and sociocultural subgroups and exposure to historical events

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Life Span Theories

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theory of development that emphasizes the patterning of lifelong within- and between-person differences in the shape, level, and rate of change trajectories

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Longitudinal Studies

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research method that collects info from individuals at multiple points over time, allowing researchers to track cohort differences in age-related change to determine cumulative effects of different life experiences

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Processing Speed

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the time it takes individuals to perform cognitive operations (ex. process info, react to a signal, switch attention between tasks, find specific target objects in a picture)

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Psychometric Approach

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approach to studying intelligence that examines performance on tests of intellectual functioning

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Recall

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type of memory task where individuals are asked to remember previously learned info without the help of external cues

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Recognition

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type of memory task where individuals are asked to remember previously learned info with the assistance of cues

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self-perceptions of aging

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an individual’s perceptions of their own aging process; positive perceptions of aging have been shown to be associated w greater longevity and health

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social network

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network of people with whom an individual is closely connected; social networks provide emotional, informational, and material support and offer opportunities for social engagement

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Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

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theory proposed to explain the reduction of social partners in older adulthood; posits that older adults focus on meeting emotional over info-gathering goals, and adaptively select social partners who meet this need

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Subjective Age

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a multidimensional construct that indicates how old (or young) a person feels and into which age group a person categorizes him-or herself

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Succesful Aging

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includes three components: avoiding disease, maintaining high levels of cognitive/physical functioning, and having an actively engaged lifestyle

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