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3 approaches/personality structures

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dispositional traits
personal concerns
life narrative

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dispositional traits (personality structure 1)

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trait is any distinguishable enduring way a person differs from others. personality is stable across contexts.

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facets

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characteristics within a trait

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five factor model

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NEOAC
fairly consistent across cultures

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neuroticism

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ability to handle stress and emotions

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extraversion

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excitement seeking, warmth, activity, assertiveness

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openness

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more liberal in values, theoretical thinking, creative

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agreeableness

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trust, compliance, altruism
opposite is antagonism

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conscientiousness

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self-discipline, hard-working, ambitious
poor executive functioning correlated to low conscientiousness

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which personality traits are associated with longevity

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high conscientiousness and low neuroticism

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personality traits stabilize when

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age 30

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personality changes

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NEO go down and AC go up with age

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personal concerns (personality structure 2)

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people are more than their traits, concerns reflect what people want a particular times in their lives, change over time.

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jung’s theory

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all aspects of personality must be in balance, people organized into orientations, introversion vs extraversion

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myer’s theory

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16 personality types, workforce

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erikson’s lifespan theory

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8 stages of development, struggle between two crises, people must solve them to continue developing

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epigenetic principle (erikson’s theory)

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each crisis occurs during a specific time

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life narratives (personality structure 3)

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internal, evolving story and anticipated future, mcadam’s life story model

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number of possible selves ____ with age

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decreases

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LGBT group with higher health disparities

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bi and trans older adults

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LGBT older adults are more likely to retire early due to health problems t/f?

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t

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Criminal justice population is again more rapidly than U.S. population t/f?

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t

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accelerated aging

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the age a prisoner is considered to be older is lower than non prisoner (50-55)

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most common geriatric syndrome in prison

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cognitive impairment

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fredrikensen goldsen model explaining minority status related to sexual identity can result in variation of health
health equity promotion model
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responses to older prisoners with dementia
unit for cognitivelt impaired, true grit program, and gold coats
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neuropsychology
compares healthy adults to individuals with brain damage
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lateralization
one side of hemisphere shows greater activation in task, left or right brained
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frontal lobe function
executive function, planning
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temporal lobe
verbal and auditory processing
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parietal lobe
somatosensory
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occipital lobe
visual processing, balance
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hippocampus
memory headquarters, reduced with AD
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amygdala
emotional headquarters
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emotional based learning involves
amygdala, hippocampus, frontal lone
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fear conditioning
little albert experiment
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lobe/brain regions most susceptible to age
frontal and prefrontal
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dendrite
receives message
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terminal buttons
transmit message to synapse
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axon
transmits message
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fight or flight transmitters
excitatory transmitters (sympathetic)
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age related changes to neurons
tangles develop in axon fibers, increased deposits of proteins (AD staples)
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corpus callosum
connects brain hemispheres
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contralaterality
right side of brain controls left, vice versa
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structural imaging
CT, MRI, DTI
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functional imaging
EEG, PET, SPECT, fMRI
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ecology of aging
where, when, and why decide to move
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person environment fit
individual is good match for environment and env. is good match for them
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aging in place
most highly preferred aging environment, want to live in the same place and not move b/c impairment
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continuum of care
level of service/care changes as we age
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kahana congruence model
older adults with particular needs seek environments that best meet those needs
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lawton and nahemow theory
environmental press and competency
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attkinson and shiffrin model of information processing
sensory memory > short term memory > long term memory
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sensory memory lasts ___
a few seconds
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executive functioning is
what we choose to pay attention to planning, sequencing, coordinating, complex goals
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useful field of view
area from which one can extract visual information in a single glance without eye or head movement
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short term memory holds ___
7 +/-2 bits of information
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storage capacity for short term memory enhanced by
chunking, maintenance rehearsal, and meaningful elaboration (best)
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working memory
turns short term to long term memory (digit span forward/backward)
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semantic memory
vocabulary and spelling (long term memory)
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procedural memory
skill like dancing (long term memory)
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semantic encoding
makes information meaningful
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implicit vs explicit memory
explicit is intentional and conscious remembering while implicit doesn't know where it came from, effortless (best buy sign is blue)
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episodic memory decline sharply after __
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priming
exposing someone to something before they know they are being tested on it (implicit memory)
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clive wearing case
encephalitis led to severe damage of hippocampus
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most age related cognitive decline is associate with decline in ________
sensory perception and processing speed
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prospective memory
remembering to do something based on even and time cues
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what are the strongest types of memories?
emotional memories (amygdala is close to the hippocampus)
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only domain of cognition that remains intact and sees some improvement with age
language/verbal abilites
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theory of multiple intelligence
8 distinct intelligences
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wechsler adult intelligence test
iq test
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crystalized intelligence ___ with age
does not decrease with age
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the only intervention proven to delay the onset of dementia
cognitive reserve
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cognitive impairment pre 1980
organic brain syndrome
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cognitive impairment post 1980
dementia
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delerium
disturbance in consciousness and change in cognition for a short period of time, may fluctuate
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is dementia increasing or decreasing
decreasing
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preclinical stage of cognitive aging
silent phase, brain changes without measurable symptoms
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is most alzheimer's disease early or late onset
late
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common dementia issues
wandering, driving, agitation, sun downing
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mild cognitive impairment
intermediate between normalcy and dementia, mostly in episodic memory, targeted for pharmacological interventions
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MMSE
more severe stage of dementia (more specific to dementia)
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MoCA
more sensitive to MCI, pre levels
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acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
memory symptom treatment
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phase 1 of clinical trials
safety and proper dose (15-50 ppl)
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phase 2 of clinical trials
effectiveness and side effects (>100 ppl)
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phase 3 of clinical trials
new treatment vs existing treatment (hundreds of ppl)
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phase 4 of clinical trials
approved and available (thousands of ppl)
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Men’s friendships tend to be based on ____
Shared activities
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Women’s friendships tend to be based on ____
Intimate emotional sharing
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Historically, ____ suggested older adults withdrew from society
Disengagement theory
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Socioemotional selectivity theory
Older people selectively prune their relationships (value close not distant relationships)
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Convoy theory (antonucci)
Social relationships include people leaving and joining a group with age
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REGARDS and CARES
stroke patients longitudinal caregiving study
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Schulz and beach study
Showed spouse caregivers had higher mortality than noncaregivers (other studies disprove)
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Paradox of leisure
People who most need it gave more obstacles to participate
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Preferred leisure activities are based on ____
Perceived competence and psychological comfort
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Ability to adapt to aging process model (rowe and k)
Freedom from disease and disability, high cognitive and physical functioning, and active engagement with life
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Valiant model
Health criteria: no physical disability at age 75, good subjective health, length of undisabled life. Has social criteria too.
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Harmonious aging
Multiple ways to age well, based on people’s happiness with life
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Set point perspective
Biologically determined boundaries for level of wellbeing individual experiences
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Subjective wellbeing
Positive affect, negative affect, and life satisfaction

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