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Dev. Psych Final
Question | Answer |
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What is Erikson's psychosocial conflict of late adulthood? | ego integrity vs despair |
what is the major task to overcome Erikson's psychosocial conflict of late adulthood? | coming to terms with ones life |
What are the three tasks of ego integrity? | 1) ego differentiation vs. work-role preoccupation 2) body transcendence vs body preoccupation 3) ego transcendence vs ego precoccupation |
In this task of ego integrity, one must learn to be content with their self-worth without relying on affirmation from their work | ego differentiation vs work-role preoccupation |
in this task of ego integrity, one must not be preoccupied with all the pains in their body, but learn to live and not be preoccupied by their physical limitations | body transcendence vs body preoccupation |
In this task of ego integrity, the elderly must learn to accept death rather than fearing it | ego transcendence vs. ego preoccupation |
telling stories about people, events, thoughts and feelings from the past. | reminiscence |
This type of reminiscence can often deepen despair. It happens when elderly focus too much on painful experiences from the past | self-focused |
This type of reminiscence solidifies relationships and is directed with social goals. | other-focused |
This type of reminiscence helps solve problems and helps to teach younger people. | knowledge-based |
This type of reminiscence is the consideration of the meaning of past experiences for greater understanding. | life review |
What are the shifting characteristics of personality in late adulthood? | more agreeable, less sociable, greater acceptance of change |
In this stage of faith development, there is a fantasy period about stories, kids learn right from wrong | intuitive-projective |
in this stage of faith development, kids internalize stories from their faith and take everything literally | mythic-literal |
In this stage of faith development, the adolescent finds a values basis for their identity | synthetic-conventional |
In this stage of faith development, the adult reflects on beliefs and values and sees that they only see through one worldview | individuative-reflective |
In this stage of faith development, people realize that faith encompasses all mankind | conjunctive |
What are the factors in psychological well-being in late adulthood? | control vs dependency, health, negative life changes, social support, social interaction |
what group is the highest suicide risk? | white males over 40 |
In this script, aides attend immediately to help the person do what they can't do alone | dependency-support script |
in this script, the aides do everything, even what the person can do themselves, due to time constraints. | independence-ignore script |
These two scripts work together to reinforce dependency in patients. | dependency-support script and independence ignore script |
What are the three social theories of aging? | disengagement theory, activity theory, and socioemotional selectivity theory |
Over __% people in late adulthood in the U.S. say religion is "very important" and over __% attend services | 75%, 50% |