PSY210 Final Exam Study Guide

A set of flashcards covering key concepts and terms related to adolescent and elder development, including psychological theories and aging.

Authoritarian Parenting

Parents use strict discipline and demand obedience and respect.

Authoritative Parenting

Parents explain why rules are enforced, encouraging children while placing limits and controls on actions, typically producing competent children.

Permissive Parenting

Parents place few demands or controls on the child.

Neglectful Parenting

Parents are very uninvolved in their child’s life.

Puberty

A period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that primarily occur during early adolescence.

Anorexia Nervosa

The relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation, using food as a means of control.

Bulimia Nervosa

Eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge pattern.

Imaginary Audience

The belief that one is the focus of everyone's attention, encapsulated in the thought 'Everyone is staring at me'.

Personal Fable

A sense of uniqueness and invincibility often felt by adolescents.

Select Optimization with Compensation Theory

Paul Baltes’ theory stating that successful aging has three main factors: Selection, Optimization, and Compensation.

Erikson’s 5th Stage

Identity versus identity confusion, where adolescents ask the 'Who am I' question.

Romantic Love

Love with strong components of sexuality, characterized by emotions such as anger, and a feeling of 'can’t live without' the partner.

Affectionate Love

Based on deep caring affection for another, including emotional intimacy.

Menopause

Caused by a drop in estrogen, leading to symptoms like hot flashes and fatigue.

Alzheimer's Disease

The most common form of dementia, characterized by gradual deterioration of memory and judgment.

Cognitive Mechanics

Processes including speed and accuracy that decline with age.

Cognitive Pragmatics

Mechanics including reading, writing, and language comprehension that persists with age.

Empty Nest Syndrome

Unbalance in marriage created by the children's absence.

Longevity

Genetic predisposition to live longer than the average life expectancy.

Midlife Crises

Coping with physical and social changes as one ages, sometimes leading to seeking out younger relationships.

Passive Euthanasia

Death due to treatment being withheld.

Active Euthanasia

Death that is deliberately induced.

Kübler-Ross Stages of Dying

1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance.

Social Supports

Activities that help older individuals stay independent, such as meals on wheels.

Ageism

Prejudice against older adults, viewing them as weak or impaired.

Osteoporosis

Loss of bone mass, commonly occurring with aging.

Living Will

A legal document stating a person's wishes regarding medical interventions to prolong life.

Advance Directive

Instructions about life-sustaining procedures to be not used when death is imminent.