Adulthood and Aging Exam 2

Amnesia

loss of memory

Apraxia

inability to do pre-programmed motor tasks, or perform activities of daily living

Aphasia

inability to communicate effectively

Agnosia

inability to correctly interpret signals from their five senses

Alzheimer’s Disease

progressive irreversible deterioration of key areas of brain involved in various cognitive functions

dementia- deficits in memory and one other area, gradual progression, intact consciousness, onset after 40, no other causes

presence of plaques and tangles, loss of neurons

Frontotemporal Dementia

variable degeneration of frontal and temporal lobes

early progressive personality change and deterioration of social skills, prominent language impairment

Lewy Body Dementia

fluctuating cognition with pronounced variation in attention and alertness, recurrent complex visual hallucinations

features of parkinsonism

Sub-Cortical (white-matter) Vascular Dementia

dementia- deficits in memory plus one other cognitive deficit, functional impairment, cerebrovascular disease (strokes, transient ischemic attack)- abrupt or fluctuating cognitive changes

blood and oxygen deprivation to brain

Generativity

psychological drive to nurture, guide, create lasting legacy by contributing to younger generations and society