Developmental Psych Final Reveiw

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Growth from 6-11

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slows down, but still steady

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team sports

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good for everyone, but they are so expensive that only middle class kids get to participate

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reaction time

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time it takes to respond to a stimuli

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selective attention

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the ability to concentrate on a specific thing and ignore the other

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Attention Deficit Disorder

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have problems focusing

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concrete operational thought

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piget's stage; child can reason about real life situations

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meta-cognition

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thinking about thinking

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language problems

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a child has this if they can't recognize metaphors

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Language & SES

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Lower SES tends to have more smaller vocabularies and use simpler grammar

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Industry vs. Inferiority

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erikson's stage; work hard or feel inferior

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social comparison

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comparing yourself to your peers

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self esteem

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tends to fall in school age; people need to have a realistic view of themself

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resilience

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can weather problems and still succeed

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2 parent vs. 1 parent homes

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2 parent homes have an advantage because of money

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freindship

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both sexes crave a bestfriend

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social cognition

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the ability to understand social interactions

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bullying

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repeated, deliberate, targeted attacks

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victims of bullying

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typically withdrawn = rejected children

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puberty age

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8-14

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hormones and emotions have.......

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a reciprocal relationship

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malnutrition

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can delay the onset of puberty

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stress

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can cause early onset of puberty

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eating disorders

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family meals lessen the likelyhood of a child developing this

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age of brain maturation

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25

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ego-centrism

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"no one understands me"

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imaginary audience

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thinking that people are always watching you

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inductive and deductive reasoning

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inductive- more difficult; specific to general

deductive- generalized

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dual process model

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analytical(logical)- matures later

intuitive (emotional)- matures at 18

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religion and adolescence

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tend to have the same religion as parents

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experience in middle school

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influences and can predict if a child will graduate high school

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high stakes testing

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Kansas assessment; decreasing learning because emphasis is placed on scores rather then understanding

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identity achievement

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have crisis and resolve

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diffusion

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no crisis or resolution

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foreclosure

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no crisis but have resolution

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moratorium

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have crisis then postpone; BAD

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parent child conflict

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peaks in early adolescence

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parental monitoring

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knowing where your kids are and who they are with

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cliques and crowds

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give social control and support

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peer group choice

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friends have similar interests

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competence in adolescence

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declines

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para-suicide

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attempted suicide; deliberate acts of self destruction that does not end in death

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life course persistent offender

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always in trouble with the law; often neurological

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adolescence limited offender

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underage crimes

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beginning of adulthood

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age 25; based on social function

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reduction of reaction time

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begins in early adulthood

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psychopathology in adulthood

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increased diagnosis rate

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stereotype threat

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fear that others are going to judge you based on your group

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psychometric

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measuring intelligence; IQ testing

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post formal thought

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finding problems; proactive

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time managment

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major obstical faced in early adulthood

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characteristic of adult thought

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able to combine logic and emotion

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synthesis

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an idea that comes from two opposite ideas

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effects of college education

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deeper cognition and more flexible thoughts

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family income and effects on finishing college

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low income is less likely to finish

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demographics of college students

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more minorities, non traditional students and woman

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motivation and success in education

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motivation is the primary predictor on if you are going to succeed

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vocational identity

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almost impossible to establish during adolescence

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demographics of 18-25 year olds

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half are not of European decent

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average # of jobs during emerging adulthood

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intimacy vs. isolation

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Erickson; want to share your life with someone else

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friendship in adulthood

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you make more friends now than at any other time

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emotional support vs practical solutions

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women= emotional

men= practical

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cross sex friendships

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more prevalent; hard b/c people will say it is sexual

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marriage types

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arranged, semi-arranged, free- 1/3 of each

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sternburg theory of love

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commitment,passion (sexual), intimacy (emotional). All 3= consummate love

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cohabitation

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people who love together before marriage have a higher divorce rate and report being less happy

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finding a partner with similar interest and values

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1% chance

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relationships between adult children and parents

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emerging adults tend to not livewith parents but tend to receive potential help and have good relationship

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enmeshment

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parents of adult children always want to know where their child is; not healthy

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physical changes in adult hood

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wrinkles,grey hair, lose about 1 inch of height

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hearing

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most acute at age 10

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age and reproduction

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most fertile between 18-25; older you get increases the chance of infertility

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menopause

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sudden drop in sex hormones; ends ovulation

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hormone replacement therapy

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used to be prescribed to women on menopause;now is considered largely invalid

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"male menopause"

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not real; drop in testosterone is stress related

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alcohol use

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moderate use is associated with longevity

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metabolism in middle age

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slows by 1/3

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overweight adults

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66% of population

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habits

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need social support to change

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stress

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men tend to be more problem focused

women tent to be more emotion focused

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why women live longer than men

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extra X chromosome gives protection; estrogen

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disability

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difficulty performing daily tasks

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difference in life span between rich and poor

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rich love longer

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cross sectional research and intelligence

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people tend to continue to achieve over their life

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flynn effect

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ideathat each generation can answer more IQ questions; have to re-standardize tests

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cohort difference in intelligence

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today's women know more b/c of their role change

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fluid intelligence

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speed of processing mental activities; declines with age

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speed of response and intellectual decline

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old people are slower at processing things but they can still think the same

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practical intelligence

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practical things people need to succeed

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expertise

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increase in intelligence in area you are interested in

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key to successful aging

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accommodation over time

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long-term marriage

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last 20+ years; happiness increases

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kin keeper

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person who gather and keeps track of family

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ageism

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judging people based on age

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gerontology

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study of old age

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current population figures and low birth rate

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lack of babies to keep the workforce going

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three stages of late adulthood

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young old, old old, and oldest.Based on physical and cognitive ability

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primary and secondary aging

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primary- inevitable

secondary- influenced by lifestyle

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maximum life style

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122 years

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cellular aging

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aging is caused by the lack of ability of cells to duplicate correctly

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hayflick limit

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cells can only divide 50 times then you die

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brain activity in older adults

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use more parts of the brain b/c they are compensating for losses

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raven's progressive matrices

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complicated test; older adults didmuch worse than younger adults

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prefrontal cortex and hippocampus

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shrink more than other parts of the brain

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fear in old age

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reduces control

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cognitive decline in late adulthood

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most evident in processing speed

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dementia

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pathological loss of brain function

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erikson's last stage

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integrity vs dispair; supposed to gain wisdom

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importance of work

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gives you status, money, social support, and self esteem

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types of grand parents

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remote- emotional distant

companible- takes kids and spoil them; involved- see kids every day but don’ttake control

surrogate parent- have to take control of parents job

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never married adults

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report happy and active life