Aging Exam 2

not cumulative 50 Qs (final is but focusing on new things)

Who is protected with the age descrimination law?

40 +

Do leisure activities changes over the life course

No, your acticities typically stay the same

Social security underlined slide

Primary and secondary mental abilities definition

table 7.1

what is the difference between age and life experience

Age is chronologically how long you have been alive

Life experience is referring to how much you have experienced (wisdom is correlated more with this)

What improves, declines, or stays the same with age

Primary mental abilities

Secondary mental abilities

Types of intelligences

Crystilied and fluid inteligence

Age effect of memory process (terms and how they are different)

Working memory, encoding, storage, etc.

what does the useful feild of view do while we age

it gets smaller

Person-Enviornment Interactions

Enviornmental press model senario questions/real life application (from the environmental press model)

know what each means in the equation B = f (P, E)

B: behavior equals a (f) function of the (P) person and the (E) environment

what are some potential options for aging in place

Differences between assisted living and nursing home

Is there one measure of successful aging?

no

Dying and Grief

Know hospice and pallative care

Passive vs. Active euthenasia

Spirituality

faith/spirituality and living longer are correlated

we should value older members of the church for…

who they are

-boyd K Packer

Personality

know quiz questions and how to apply (

Personality Worksheet information

Enviornmental press model

The balance between personal competence and environmental demands. High press can lead to stress, while low press can cause boredom