Ch. 5 Where People Live: Person-Environment Interactions

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Adaptation Level

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In Lawton and Nahemow's model, the point at which competence and environmental press are in balance.

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Adult Day Care

Back 2

Designed to provide support, companionship, and certain services during the day.

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Assisted Living Facilities

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Housing options for older adults that provide a supportive living arrangement for people who need assistance with personal care (such as bathing or taking medication) but are not so impaired physically or cognitively they need 24-hour care.

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Competence

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In the Lawton and Nahemow model, the theoretical upper limit of a person's ability to function.

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Corrective Adaptations

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Actions taken in response to stressors and can be facilitated by internal and external resources.

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Docility

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When people allow the situation to dictate the options they have and exert little control.

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Ecology of Aging

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Also called environmental psychology, a field of study that seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults and the environments they inhabit.

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Everyday Competence

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A person's potential ability to perform a wide range of activities considered essential for independent living.

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Infantilization or Elderspeak

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Also called secondary baby talk, a type of speech that involves the unwarranted use of a person's first name, terms of endearment, simplified expressions, short imperatives, an assumption that recipient has no memory, and cajoling as a means of demanding compliance.

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Patronizing Speech

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Inappropriate speech to older adults based on stereotypes of incompetence and dependence.

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Person-Environment Interactions

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The interface between people and world they live in that forms the basis for development, meaning behavior is a function of both the person and the environment.

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Preventive Adaptations

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Actions that avoid stressors and increase or build social resources.

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Proactivity

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When people choose new behaviors to meet new desires or needs and exert control over their lives.

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Zone of Maximum Comfort

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In competence-environmental press theory, the area where slight decreases in environmental press occur.

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Zone of Maximum Performance Potential

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In competence-environmental press theory, the area where increases in press tend to improve performance.