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Final Exam
Developmental Psychology Final Exam - Summer 2016
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Middle Adulthood | The stage when people are seen as most able to handle the stress related to responsibilities of daily life. |
| Sandwich Generation | When people in middle age have to take care of both their children and aging parents. |
| Marital Happiness | Increases during middle age. |
| Remote Grandparents | Rarely see their grandchildren because of physical distance. |
| Involved Grandparents | Are involved in the daily lives of their grandchildren. |
| Frail Elderly | Older people who are unable to take care of their own basic needs. |
| Bodily Functions and Movements | Largest physical changes in middle to late adulthood. |
| Dementia | The largest reason why women enter long term care facilities. Often characterized by a loss in one's short term memory. |
| Ego integrity | Having the feeling that your life has had meaning and that you have achieved something with your time. It can involve reminiscing. |
| Activity Theory | Says it is normal for older adults to stay active for as long as possible in order to keep happier and healthier longer. |
| Disengagement Theory | Says older people should separate themselves from society to get away from the responsibilities of society. |
| Components of Successful Aging | Health, Mental Activity, Social Engagement, Productivity, Life Satisfaction |
| Cognitive Adventurousness | Being willing to learn new things. |
| Friendships | Increase life satisfaction and can provide companionship and assistance for elderly people. |
| Retirement | Can be good or bad for older people, but most people find it to be good as long as they were not forced to retire. |
| Social Death | When the family and medical professionals treat the person as a corpse rather than a person. |
| Hospitals | Most deaths for older adults occur in this place. |
| Adolescents | Understand death is final while preschool age children do not. |
| Personal Worth | Belief that life has purpose or meaning reduces the fear of death. |
| Stages of Dying | Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance |
| Preparations for Death | Practically includes life insurance, writing a will and making funeral plans; common during late adulthood |
| Grieving | The emotional response to a death. |
| Widowhood | Applies to both men and women.; likelihood of depression increases when a spouse dies |
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