Dev Psych Exam Four

Senescene theory

the condition of deterioration with age

dna and body cell changes to tissue and organ changes

Genetic aging theory one

aging is associated with telomere shortening that occurs with each cell division

Genetic aging theory two

free radicals destroy dna, protiens, and fats

free radicals are naturally occuring, highly reactive chemicals that form in the presence of oxygen

Cross-linkage theory

at the cell level, protiens bind together, making tissue less elastic

Chronological aging

age in years

Functional age

competence/performance based

Centenarians

adults over the age of 100

Emerging adulthood characterisitics

lack of full adult responsibilities

extended identity development (education, work, personal values)

Middle adulthood characteristics

peak of career

planning on retirement

kids leave home

skin changes

Late adulthood characteristics

retirement and physical strength is decreasing as well as health

Early adulthood age range

18-40 years

Middle adulthood age range

40-65 years

Late adulthood age range

65 years to death

Height and weight in adulthood…

declines with age

Why is emerging adulthood only seen in societies?

requires economic prosperity

Emerging adulthood

18-29, exploratory

Three stages of Ginzberg’s Career Choice Theory

Fantasy period: based on appeals

Tentative period: greater practicality

Realistic period: get career through experience

Epistemic cognition

reflection on how facts, beliefs, and ideas are acquired

Dualistic thinking

right or wrong, good or bad

Relatvisitc thinking

what is right depends on thinkers opinion

commitment within relativistic thinking

personally satisying perspective that synthesiszes contradictions

increased pragmatic thought

accept inconsistencies, use logic to solve real world problems

Intimacy vs isolation

forming relationships versus experiences lonliness

Intimacy

friendship

commitment

dedication

passion

sexual desire

cohabitation

couple that lives together without being married

around blank percent of couples living together are not married

11

the average age for marriage is

increasing!

blank percent of us adults have children

70

what happens in menopause

estrogen goes up, FSH goes down

Generativity versus stagnation stage

creating a legacy, teaching youngers, bored

late-adult males

• lower testosterone, sperm, mobility

• difficulty in obtaining an erection

alzhemiers disease

form of dementia

Integrity versus despair

seeking fufillment or experiencing regret

Disengagement theory

older adults withdraw from society

activity theory

social barriers/events lead to less social interaction

continuty theory

not about maintaining the exact same social activity, but the same self

socioemotional selectivity theory

social networks more selective with age

brain death

the standard in most industrialized countires

what is active in persistent vegitave state?

brain stem

Agonal phase

begins after a decrease of oxygen saturation

clinical death

heart stops pumping blood

biological death

cellular damage, irreversible

Kubler-Ross stages of dying

Denial, anger, bargining, depression, and acceptence

Bereavement

experience losing a loved one by death

grief

intense physical and psychological distress

mourning

culturally specified expression of the bereaved thought’s

avoidance

emotional anethesia

confrontation

work through and adjust to a world without loved one

resoration

moving on with life

free radical theory

unstable molecules influence long-term cell damage

telomeres

on the ends of our chromosomes (shorten and contribute to aging)

what symptoms are typically correlated with cross-linkage theory?

tissue stiffening and dehydration