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psyc final and
Question | Answer |
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? | When physiological needs are met we can focus on loving and being loved. Self actualization- realizing one's full potential through the development of one's talents and abilities p.334 Physiological, safety,belongingness, esteem, self-actualization |
unconditional positive regard | Robert's proposition that we should warmly accept another person without reservations or conditions of worth |
intrinsic vs. extrinsic | Intrinsic: Challenging, interesting, growing provides job satisfaction, identity and involvement Extrinsic: Boring, focused on pay,coworkers' support important- low satisfaction,identification and involvement |
Erik Erikson and early adulthood is: | Coupling is the main responsibility of early adulthood-Intimacy versus isolation |
Robert Sternberg’s components of love | Intimacy, Passion, Decision/commitment Consumate (combination of all) Romantic- intimacy/passion companionate- intimacy/decision fatuous-passion/decison |
cohabiting couples | More cohabit only 1/3 marry. 90% people will marry but it is happening later today |
middle adulthood | Command generation-making decisions. Social, physical, psychological, job, economy are cues for adulthood(40-65) |
midlife crisis | Exception not the rule, based on event not age |
climacteric | Symptoms accompanying reproductive changes ie menopause (emotional and physical effects 45) |
menopause | 45-55 Years |
review the Stress Scale printed in the text | 1997-2007 only death of a spouse and divorce have decreased, marriage has remained the same |
fluid intelligence vs. crystallized intelligence | fluid acquiring new knowledge and skills (decreases)crystallized accumulated knowledge and skills based on experience and education |
declarative knowledge vs. procedural knowledge | declarative- factual;knowing what procedural- action oriented- knowing how |
Robert Peck | extended Erikson's views wisdom, socializing, emotional, mental,defining outside of your role, not being consumed with aches and pains, not consumed with dying |
role strain, | An overload of demands within a given role |
role conflict, | overload of demands |
role reversal, | Shifting attention to other goals and coices |
job burnout | Early warning signs are frusteration and despair. Police officers, nurses, therapists are at risk. People who have to work in close personal contact with those they serve 399 |
empty nest | When the child leaves the home it causes a transition in the marriage |
kinkeeper | Middle aged person that maintains family rituals, history, family,gatherings, keeps the family close |
reciprocity | responding to a positive action with another positive action |
types of families, such as nuclear family | |
divorce | half of all marriages will end in divorce. Children add stress, women initiate about 2/3 of divorces. Wives get more stressed about marriage 393 |
personality traits | Emotional stability, extroversion, openess to experiences, agreeableness, conscientiousness p404 |
ageist stereotypes | poor, ill-housed, unhealthy, require advocacy,inadequate employees, accident prone positive:well off, friendly,mature, |
filial piety | The respect given to elderly in Asian cultures whichi is manifested in traditions as well as in everyday encounters |
categories of old | young old-60-69 middleage old-70-79 old old-80-89 very old old 90-99 |
aging and theories of aging | senescence: normal excludes disease stochastic: wear and tear (ripped) biological clock: programmed to age |
sleep problems in the elderly | half of those over 65 have sleep problems -Sleep apnea (stop breathing in sleep) -amsomnia (can't sleep) |
dementia | Impaired learning and memory ability, deterioration of language and motor functions, a progressive inablitty to recognize familiar people and objects |
senescence | universal biological process of aging |