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psy Adulthood

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What is development?   Ordely Cumulative Complex Age-Related Changes  
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What causes the change?   Maturation Environment  
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Nature vs. Nurture   Nature- maturation.(genes) Nurture- Social nurture(social environment) and Biological nurture- impacts brain or body from the outside.  
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Qualitative Changes   this says in different kinds of changes we become different kinds of people EX. CATERPILLAR TO A BUTTERFLY  
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Quantitative Changes   describes change in a way of numbers, can you count development.  
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Discontinuous Development   is abrupt huge difference between each stage and the next one. Is not smooth.  
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Continuous Development   Everything anything is connected to each other each stage is connected. Ex. Shy child becomes shy adult  
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Normative Age-Graded Influences   Experiences caused by biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces that are highly correlated with age. EX.Around 16 we start to drive  
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Normative History Graded   Events that most people in a specific culture experience at the same time. Ex. event of 911  
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Non-Normative Life Events   Are random or rare events that may be important for a specific individual but are not experienced by most people EX. LOSING YOUR PARENTS AT A YOUNG AGE .  
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Ageism   Discrimination against older adults based on their age. EX. OLDER PEOPLE DRIVE SLOW BECAUSE THEIR OLD.  
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Life-Span Perspectives divided into 2 phases   1. Early- childhood and adolescence 2. Later young adulthood, middle age and old age  
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4 Key features   Multi-directionality Plasticity Historical Context Multiple Causation  
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Multi-Directionality   Development includes both growth and disease.  
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Plasticity   One's capacity is not predetermined  
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Historical Context   Each of us develops within a historical time and culture in which we are born and grow up  
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Multiple Causation   How we develop results from a variety of forces.  
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Biological/ physical Domains   Physical changes in body and brain, motor changes, changes in vision and senses.  
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Cognitive/Personality Domains   Also psychological domain involves thinking temperament, emotions, personality, psychopathology or mental disorders.  
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Social/Cultural Domains   Relationships with other people, relationships outside ourselves, hobbies, work.  
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Three processes involving aging   Primary Aging Secondary Aging Tertiary Aging  
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Primary Aging   is normal, disease-free development during adulthood  
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Secondary Aging   is developmental changes that are related to disease, lifestyle, and other environmentally included changes that are universal.  
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Tertiary Agingq   Rapid losses that occur shortly before death.  
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Chronological Age   Calendar time  
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Biological Age   Estimate of the individuals position with respect to his/her potential life span.  
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Perceived Psychological Age   Refers to the functional level of the psychological abilities people use to adapt to changing environmental demands  
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Socio-Cultural Age   Refers to the specific set of roles individuals adopt in relation to othe rmembers of the society and culture to which they belong.  
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Family and work roles   When to get married, have children retire.  
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Successful aging   Avoidance of diseases and disability Effective physical and psychological functioning as we age Active social engagement with life.  
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Steps now to help succesful aging   Eat healthy exercise daily fun activites relaxation with self  
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Scientific Approach   The steps that you go about looking at a problem, that ensures that you research is empirical. Consists of reliability and validity.  
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Reliability   Refers to repeatability of your measures and results  
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Validity   Whether the researcher is testing what they say they are testing.  
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Two types of validity   Internal and external validity  
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Internal Validity   refers to how much control YOU have of any kind of variable that can interfere with your research.  
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External Validity   The real world nature of your research.(The higher this is the more applicable it is to the real world.  
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Research Designs   The experiment IV dv eXPERIMENTAL CONTROL GROUP Random Assignment  
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The experiment   Researcher introduces some change and then looks to see if that change impacts behavior.  
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Independent Variable   Variable of interest that is being manipulated.  
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Dependent Variable   Behavior of interest that is being observed or measured.  
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Experimental Group   Group of interest  
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Control Group   is used for comparison.  
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Correlations   Examines existing relationships among variables.  
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Correlational Coefficient   Is an statistical number between -1 and + 1.  
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Developmental Designs   Cross-sectional Study Longitudinal Study Sequential Study  
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Cross Sectional Study   People who differ in age are studied at the same point in time. Examines age differences but not age changes.  
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Cohort effect group   group of similar people experiencing the same thing.  
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Longitudinal Study   The same group of people are observed repeatedly over a period of time.  
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Sequential Designs   Combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies  
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Primary Aging   Gradual, Biological and Universal changes that impacts a person, normative  
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Secondary Aging   Environmental factors that increase the rate of primary aging process.(Indivduals)  
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Changes in Neuron System   Wide range of complex thoughts and behaviors Brain weight declines Death of neurons and enlargement of ventricles 50% of neurons die in visual auditory and motor areas Cerebellum loses 25% of neurons  
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Changes in the senses include   Vision Hearing Smell and Taste Temperature and Pain Kinesthetic senses and balances  
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Vision   Structural Changes in the eye Sensitivity to glare Poor color discrimination Glare sensitivity  
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Presbyopia   difficulties in near vision  
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Eye Diseases   Cataracts Glaucoma Diabetic Retinopathy  
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Cataracts   opaque spots on the lens that limit amount of light transmitted, results in fogginess and blindness if not treated.  
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Glaucoma   Build up of pressure  
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Diabetic Retinopathy   Fluid retention in the macula,detachment of the retina, hemorrhage and aneurysms.  
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Hearing   One of the most well- known primary changes with age.(Primary) Mens hearing declines faster and earlier than women's hearing.  
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Presbycusis   Decline in the ability to hear high-pitched sounds.  
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Tinnitus   High pitched ringing or whistling in the ears  
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Smell and Taste   Sensitivity to the four basic taste declines Sensitivity to smell declines  
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Temperature and Pain   Decline in sensitivity to temp. changes, body cant respond to change as well as before Takes more pressure to feel touch and pain.  
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Somesthia   Systems that convey information about touch, pressure, temp., pain movement and body position.  
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Hypothemia   Body temperature below 95 degrees.  
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Hyperthermia   Body temp. above 98.6  
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Kinesthetic Changes   Decline in knowing where you are in space. Dizziness and vertigo are common in older people.  
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Appearance changes   Facial structure changes Facial wrinkles Changes in hair Changes in height Changes in bones and muscle  
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Changes in physical ability   Decrease in physical ability beginning in mid 30's Muscle Strength and endurance declines.  
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Effects of Physical Aging on Behavior   Disease or Chronic illnesses Common problems like heart disease Sleeping Problems Go to a multi-phase sleep rhythm  
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Secondary Insomnia   Problems that are caused by medications, medical conditions, mental disorders.  
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Primary Insomnia   As we age we spend less time in deep sleep thus more easily awakened and have trouble falling asleep.  
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Longevity   The number of years one lives  
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Average Longevity   Average Life expectancy refers to the age at which half of the people born in a particular year will have died  
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Maximum Longevity   Whaat is the longest that a human being can live  
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Life Expectancy   Living to a healthy independent old age  
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Dependent Life Expectancy   Years of living after losing independence.(living a long time)  
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