Test 4 For Human Growth

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Sandwich generation

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adults between caring for children and aging parents, running households, departments, or enterprises, ages 40-65

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Fluid intelligence

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ability to deal with new problems and situations

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Crystallized intelligence

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store of information, skills, strategies; people have acquired through education and prior experiences and through previous use of fluid intelligence

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Components of memory

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sensory, short-term (15-25 seconds), long-term

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Changes in memory

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most people show minimal memory loss, many show no memory loss in middle adulthood

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Schemas

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help represent the way the world is organized, help in categorization and interpretation of new information, conveys cultural information

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Mnemonics

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get organized, pay attention, use encoding specificity phenomenon, visualize, rehearse

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Live events model

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timing of particular events rather than age per se determine course of personality development

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

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Erik Erikson's stage, generativity is guiding and encouragin future generations, leaving lasting contribution to the world, looking beyond oneself; stagnation- focus on trivial things in life, contributed little to world, life has counted for little

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George Vaillant

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keeping the meaning verses rigidity

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Meaning (Vaillant)

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gain meaning from life by accepting strengths and weaknesses of others, lessening of gender differentiation, men become more nuturant and expressive

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Rigidity (Vaillant)

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those who are rigid isolate themselves from others

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Levinson's Stages of a Man's Life

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Early Adult Transition, Age 30 Transition, Becoming One's Own Man (Mid/Late 30s), Mid-Life Transition (Early 40s), Restabilization, Age 50 Transition, 60-65 Late Transition

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Early Adult Transition

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leaving the family, cross over the boundaries and leaving home, shift of focus to family of procreation

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Age 30 Transition

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establishes niche in society, establishes goals, dream has evolved that is vision of himself in future

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Mid/Late 30s, Becoming One's Own Man

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seen as high point of early adulthood, likely to feel over controlled, needs to feel affirmed by society

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Mid-Life Transition- Early 40s

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point of transition between two or more stable periods, either succeeds or fails in goals, soul searching

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Mid-Life Crisis

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awareness of mortality, successful become mentors to young people, unsuccessful enter stagnation

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Restabilization- age 45

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mid-life transition ends during these 3-4 years, new life structure emerges, basis for living in middle age

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Age 50 Transition

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adjustment for life age

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60-65 Late Adult Transition

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getting ready for retirement

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Empty Nest Syndrome

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parents feel unhappy, worry, loneliness, depression when children leave home

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Boomerang Children

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children who come back to live at home, more likely men than women

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Involved Grandparents

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actively engaged in their role as grandparents and try to be an influence in grandchild's life, often take care of children while parents are working

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Companionate Grandparents

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do not see themselves as responsible for grandkids, visit or take them on trips, supporters

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Remote Grandparents

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detached and distant from grandkids, rarely visit

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Cycle of Violence Hypothesis

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abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness

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Three Stages of Marital abuse

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tension building, acute battering incident, loving contrition stage

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ageism

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prejudice or discrimination against older people

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Ego-Integrity vs. Despair

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Erik Erikson, virtue gained is wisdom, acceptance of imperfections of one's parents, acceptance of imperfections in oneself, acceptance of death

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Activity Theory

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successful aging occurs when people maintain interests, activities, and social interactions, high level of satisfaction when involved in the world

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Disengagement Theory

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gradual withdrawal from world on physical, psychological, and social levels, people withdraw from the world, and the world compels the elderly to withdraw

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Continuity Theory

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maintain balance of continuity and change in both internal and external structures of life

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Selective Optimization

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process by which people concentrate on a particular skill to compensate for losses in other areas

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Learned Helplessness

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psychological condition in which a human has learned to believe that it is helpless, will stay passive when the situation is unpleasant or harmful or damaging

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Ideal

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aging in place, more likely women than men

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Housing

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ideal, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, adult day-care facilities, continuing care facility

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Skilled Nursing

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full nursing care

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Continuing Care Facility

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all are retirement age or older, all need various levels of care

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Institutionalism

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psychological state developed by people in nursing homes, lack of caring about self

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Life Review

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triggered by the idea that death is in the near future, time to examine and evaluate life, connects older adult to future generations

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Negative Benefits of Life Review

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may become obsesses with past

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Positive Benefits of Life Review

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better understanding of one's life, accomplishments, resolution of lingering problems, sense of sharing, mutuality with other older adults