Psych of aging- Chapter 5

Generativity

Some activity that supports the next generation like parenting and volunteering

Integrity vs despair

Scores under the age of 60 are close to 0, and increase with age, but stabilize after it's achieved

Gerotranscendence

Shift from a materialistic and rational view that goes beyond oneself and into the future

Problem vs emotion-focused coping

Change the situation vs manage your reaction

Approach vs avoidance coping

Manage/reduce the problem vs avoid it. This may create more problems

Age-related positivity effect

With age relatively more positive than negative information is recalled

Socioemotional selectivity theory

Goals are always set within a temporal context. With age there is a shift in future time perspective where time horizons are shorter

What 2 stages of psychosocial development are relevant to older adults?

generativity vs stagnation & Integrity vs despair

When measured, gerotranscendence continues to _____ with increasing age

increase

_____ mechanisms are used by the ego to protect individuals from unacceptable urges and desires that develop

defense

_____ _____ proposed that age _____ the use of adaptive defense mechanisms and _____ the use of immature defense mechanisms

George Vaillant, increases, decreases

What are the 5 adaptive defense mechanisms?

Altruism, anticipation, suppression, sublimation, & humor

What are the 4 immature defense mechanisms?

Projection, passive aggression, acting out, & denial

Older adults may engage in less _____ coping and similar levels of _____ coping

avoidance; approach

Even when controlling for cohort effects, research suggests a _____ shaped curve for happiness across the lifespan. It's _____ in middle age and _____ for among younger and older adults

U, lowest, highest

Frequency of _____ remains stable across the lifespan

sadness

Anger _____ in younger adulthood and _____ in older adulthood

increases, decreases

Age is associated with a _____ in the experience of _____ emotions but no changes in the _____ of emotional experiences

decline, negative, intensity

Generally the prevalence of depression _____ with age

decreases

Older adults are more likely to use _____ strategies to regulate their emotions

passive

What are the 5 stages of Gross' process model of emotion regulation?

Situation selection, situation modification, attentional deployment, cognitive change, response modulation

Older adults are _____ likely to use Situation selection, _____ likely to use situation modification, _____ likely to use attentional deployment, _____ likely to use cognitive change, & _____ likely to use response modulation

more, less, more, more, less