Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Middle Adulthood
Development in middle adulthood
19
Psychology
Undergraduate 2
05/04/2014

Additional Psychology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Telomere
Definition
  • Special DNA
  • Located at the ends of chromosomes and serves as a cap to protect the ends from desctruction
  • Shortens and eventually the cell can no longer duplicate
Term
Climateric
Definition
Midlife transition in which fertility declines
Term
Menopause
Definition
The end of menstruation & reproductive capacity
Term
Presbycusis
Definition
Old hearing; decline of hearing
Term
Presbyopia
Definition
Lens accomodation declines, become far sighted
Term
Primary Aging
Definition
Unavoidable aging
Term
Secondary Aging
Definition
Consequences of aging due to lifestyle choices
Term
Neural Network View
Definition
As nuerons in the brain die, breaks in neural networks occur. The brain adapts by forming bypasses, new synaptic connections that go around the breaks but are less efficient
Term
Info Loss View
Definition
Older adults experience greater loss of info as it moves through the cognitive system; as a result the whole system must slow down to inspect & interpret the info
Term
Selective Optimization w/ Compensation
Definition
Strategies for maintaining performance to compensate for cognitive reduction
Term
Kinkeeper
Definition
Gathering family for celebrations & making sure everyone stays in touch; usually mother-figure of middle generation
Term
Sandwich Generation
Definition
The idea that middle adults must care for the generations above and below them at the same time
Term
Possible Selves
Definition
  • Future-oriented representations of what one hopes to become and what one is afraid of becoming
  • Temporal dimensions of self-concept
Term
Skipped-generation Family
Definition
Children living w/ grandparents but not parents
Term
Response to Menopause
Definition
  • In US old age is looked down on so women experience depression, hot flashes, etc.
  • In cultures where elders are respected women report little discomfort in menopause
Term
Mitochondrial Theory of Aging
Definition
  • Free radical damage, oxidative stress, and less mitochondrial activity
  • Decline in metabolism of free radicals in mitochondria
  • Exercise helps
Term
Cognitive Changes in Middle Adulthood
Definition
  • Info processing slows
  • Sleep changes
  • Practical intelligence increases
  • Domain-specific intelligence maintenance
  • Creativity
  • Expert cognition can be reached
Term
Experiences that Promote Well-being
Definition
  • Adjust hopes & fears
  • Maintain a sense of unacheived possibility
  • Permit self-affirmation
  • Protective roles of possible selves
  • Autonomy
  • Self-acceptance
  • Environmental mastery
Term
Difficult Child-Parent Relationships
Definition
  • Single parents
  • Children not doing well
Supporting users have an ad free experience!