ADULTHOOD

Question 1

what is emerging adulthood?

Answer 1

transition stage between adolescence and adulthood

Question 2

5 key features of emerging adulthood

Answer 2

• identity exploration
• instability
• self-focus
• feeling in-between
• possibilities

Question 3

what does identity exploration involve?

Answer 3

defining yourself, deciding beliefs and values

Question 4

what does instability involve?

Answer 4

stress, high pressure

Question 5

what does self focus involve?

Answer 5

independent lifestyle and decisions

Question 6

what does feeling in-between pertain to?

Answer 6

in some ways an adult, gradual

Question 7

what does possibilities pertain to?

Answer 7

exploration

Question 8

true or false

emerging adulthood is experienced by everyone

Answer 8

false

Question 9

what factors influence emerging adulthood?

Answer 9

affluence, individualism vs collectivism, developing countries

Question 10

advantages of emerging adulthood

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• time to obtain education
• mature judgement-making
• personal growth and development
• creativity, innovation, risktaking

Question 11

disadvantages of emerging adulthood

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• increased parental reliance
• delayed societal contributions
• stress, anxiety, mental health problems

Question 12

what does postformal thought include?

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• reflective, relativistic, contextual
• provisional
• realistic
• recognition of emotional influence

Question 13

2 types of intelligence

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crystallized and fluid

Question 14

crystallized intelligence

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accumulated information

Question 15

fluid intelligence

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ability to abstract reasoning

Question 16

4 dimensions that peak at middle adulthood

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verbal ability, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, spatial orientation

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information processing involves

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percpetual speed, memory, expertise, practical problem solving

Question 18

perceptual speed

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• reaction time task
• perceptual motor task

Question 19

memory

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peaks at 50s declines in middle age

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types of memory

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explicit
implicit
episodic
semantic
working
source
prospective

Question 21

explicit memory

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conscious facts and experiences can be stated

Question 22

implicit memory

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unconscious recollection; automatic skills and routines

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episodic memory

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retained info of life happenings

Question 24

semantic memory

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general academic knowledge and expertise

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working memory

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mental workbench; manipulate and assemble info for decision making, problem solving and language comprehension

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source memory

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where one learned something

Question 27

prospective memory

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remembering something to do in the future

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kinds of memories that decline at late adulthood

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explicit, episodic, working

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expertise involves

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extensive, highly organized knowledge of a certain domain

Question 30

hardware of the mind

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cognitive mechanics

Question 31

cognitive mechanics

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speed and accuracy of processes involved in sensory input, attention, visual and motor memory, discrimination, comparison and categorization

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culture based soft ware programs

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cognitive pragmatics

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cognitive pragmatics

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reading and writing, language comprehension, educational qualifications, life skills

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types of attention

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selective, divided, sustained, executive

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selective attention

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focus on specific ignore irrelevant

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divded attention

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multitasking

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sustained attention

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focused and extended

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executive attention

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planning actions, allocating attention, detecting and compensating errors, monitoring progress

Question 39

when does does executive function decline

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old age

Question 40

consensual validation

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attitudes and values are supported/validated by someone similar

Question 41

According to erikson what is intimacy

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finding oneself while losing oneself in another person and require commitment

Question 43

also known as passionate love/eros

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romantic love

Question 44

strong early components of sexuality and infatuation

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romantic love

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companionate love

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affectionate love

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when does affection come

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when passion fades

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main dimensions of triarchic theory of love

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passion, intimacy, commitment

Question 48

# triarchic theory of love passion

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physical and sexual attraction

Question 49

# triarchic theory of love intimacy

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emotional feelings of warmth, closeness and sharing

Question 50

# triarchic theory of love commitment

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cognitive appraisal of relationship and intent ot maintain

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passion =

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infatuation

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intimacy + commitment =

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affectionate

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passion + commitment +

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fatuous

Question 54

Erik Erikson's stages of development involved in adulthood

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generativity vs stagnation integrity vs despair

Question 55

generativity

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desire to leave legacies

Question 56

stagnation

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felt when no sense of actions for next generation

Question 57

according to Levinson what marks the transition of teen to independence

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formation of a dream of life they want career and marriage

Question 58

# levinson 4 major conflicts at middle adulthood transition

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young vs old destructive vs constructive masculine vs feminine attached vs separated

Question 59

# levinsons successful midlife transition depends on?

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effectivity of reduction of polarities between conflicts and acceptance

Question 60

reflect on past and conclude if well spent or not

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integrity vs despair

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life review involves

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* looking back at life experience, evaluate, interpret and reinterpret * identify positive aspects and regrets as part of wisdom

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according to Butler life review is initiated when?

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looking forward to death

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reminiscence therapy

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discuss past with others

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activity theory

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more active more likely to be satisfied

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socioemotional selectivity theory

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more selective about social networks as they age

Question 66

types of aging

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normal, pathological, successful

Question 67

type of aging experienced by most

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normal

Question 68

type of aging with mild cognitive impairment at early old age

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pathological

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psychological functioning peaks early midlife, maintains from late 50s - early 60s, declines early 80s

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normal aging

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successful aging

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physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development is maintained longer and declines later