Psych terms

Question 1

What is one’s lifespan/longevity

Answer 1

The length of time one can live under the best of circumstances.

Question 2

What is one’s life expectancy?

Answer 2

Refers to the number of years a person in a given population can actually live.

Question 3

Who is expected to live longer in which?

Answer 3

Women.

Question 4

Has the life expectancy in the United States generally increased over the past few decades? Yes/No

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What provides women protection from heart disease?

Answer 5

Estrogen

Question 6

What are reasons for men not living as long as women?

Answer 6

Heart disease, accidents, cirrhosis, strokes, suicide, homicide, HIV/AIDS, cancer, and not seeing doctor as much.

Question 7

After we age in mid 20’s what happens?

Answer 7

Our biological functions begin a gradual decline.

Question 7

What is ageism?

Answer 7

Prejudice against people because of their age. Stereotypes that paint older people as crotchety, sluggish, forgetful.

Question 8

In colonial America, aging was viewed as a positive? True/False

Answer 8

True

Question 9

From early adulthood to middle adult hood what happens?

Answer 9

Changes in skin, hair, nails, senses, reaction time, lung capacity, metabolism, muscle strength, bone density, aerobic capacity, blood sugar tolerance, and ability to regulate temp.

Question 10

Beginning in the middle age, the lenses of the eye become stiffer causing what?

Answer 10

Presbyopia.

Question 11

Chemical changes of aging can lead to vision disorders such as?

Answer 11

Cataracts and glaucoma.

Question 12

What does cataracts do?

Answer 12

Clouds the lenses of the eye, reducing vision.

Question 13

What does glaucoma do?

Answer 13

Buildup of fluid pressure in eyeball leading to tunnel vision.

Question 14

What is age-related hearing loss that effects 1 in 3 people over 65?

Answer 14

Presbycusis.

Question 15

Besides hearing, what else declines as we age?

Answer 15

Taste and smell.

Question 16

What is the dangerous level of bone loss in which they become brittle due to calcium loss.

Answer 16

Osteoperosis.

Question 17

What is a physical feature that changes due to osteperosis?

Answer 17

Height.

Question 18

Older people need around 7 hours of sleep, but some can’t get it due to?

Answer 18

Sleep apnea.

Question 19

What are some symptoms of sleep issues?

Answer 19

Depression, anxiety, and dementia.

Question 20

Do people lose there sexuality as they age?

Answer 20

No

Question 21

What physical changes happen in women due to decrease in estrogen?

Answer 21

Vaginal walls lose there elasticity, vagina shrinks, vaginal canal constricts, orgasms become less powerful.

Question 22

What physical changes happen in men as they age.

Answer 22

Takes longer to get erect, becomes less firm, testosterone production declines, produce less ejaculate, experience less intense orgasms.

Question 23

Do women lose the ability to reach orgasm after age of 70? Yes/No

Answer 23

No

Question 24

What is programmed theories of aging?

Answer 24

Views of aging based on the concept that the process of aging are governed by genetic factors.

Question 25

What are telomeres?

Answer 25

Protective segments of DNA located at the tips of chromosomes?

Question 25

What is cellular damage theories of aging?

Answer 25

Views of aging based on the concept that internal bodily changes and external environmental factors cause cells and organs to fail leading to death.

Question 25

What is immunological theory?

Answer 25

A theory of aging that holds that the immune system is preset to decline by an internal biological clock.

Question 26

What is the Wear and tear theory?

Answer 26

A theory of aging that suggests that over time our bodies become less capable of repairing themselves.

Question 27

Free-radical theory?

Answer 27

A theory of aging that attributes aging to damage caused by the accumulation of unstable molecules.

Question 28

What is cross linking theory?

Answer 28

A theory of aging that holds that the stiffening of body proteins eventually breaks down bodily processes, leading to aging.

Question 29

What is normal aging?

Answer 29

Process of aging that represents a gradual decline of systems and body functions.

Question 30

What is pathological aging?

Answer 30

Aging in which chronic diseases or degenerative processes lead to disability or death.

Question 31

What are the three leading causes of death in late adulthood?

Answer 31

Cancer, heart disease, and respiratory infections.

Question 32

What is arthritis?

Answer 32

Joint inflammation, that causes swelling, pain, and stiffness.

Question 33

What is osteoarthritis?

Answer 33

A painful degenerative disease characterized by wear and tear on joints.

Question 34

What is rheumatoid arthritis?

Answer 34

A painful degenerative disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the membranes that line the joints.

Question 35

Is substance abuse rare in late adulthood?

Answer 35

No.

Question 36

What is dementia?

Answer 36

A condition characterized by deterioration of cognitive function.

Question 37

What is Alzheimer's disease?

Answer 37

A severe form of dementia characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of cog function.

Question 38

What is explicit memory?

Answer 38

Memory for specific info, including what you had for breakfast.

Question 39

What is implicit memory?

Answer 39

Automatic memories based on repetition and not requiring any effort to retrieve.

Question 40

What is associative memory?

Answer 40

To remember that the letter A has the sound of an A.

Question 41

What is Long term memory?

Answer 41

Memory that has no limitations and can reside for life.

Question 42

What is prospective memory?

Answer 42

Memory of things one has planned for the future.

Question 43

What is retrospective memory?

Answer 43

Memory of past events and knowledge.

Question 44

People who live in which country have the greatest life expectancy?

Answer 44

Cuba.

Question 45

What is the most serious fracture from osteo?

Answer 45

Hip

Question 46

What is the most common chronic health condition in late adulthood?

Answer 46

Hypertension.

Question 47

Alzheimer's rankes what in death?

Answer 47

5th.

Question 48

Older adults tend to do similarly as well as young adults in measuring what memory?

Answer 48

Implicit memory.

Question 48

What is ego integrity versus despair?

Answer 48

The belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile despite physical decline and the inevitability of death versus depression and hopelessness.

Question 49

What is life review?

Answer 49

Looking back on the event's of one's life in late adulthood, often in a effort to construct a meaningful narrative.

Question 50

What is Disengagement theory?

Answer 50

The view that older adults and society withdraw from one another as older adults approach death.

Question 51

What is Activity theory?

Answer 51

The view that older adults fare better when they engage in physical and social activities.

Question 52

Socioemotional selectivity theory?

Answer 52

Focus emphasis on emotion as we age, but limit social interaction.

Question 53

What is successful aging?

Answer 53

Older people who are independent and think of themselves as living a normal life.

Question 54

What is unsuccessful aging?

Answer 54

People who are dependent on others and worry about aging and physical disabilities.

Question 55

How does depression relate?

Answer 55

Depression effects 10% of people 65-80 and 20% of people 81 and above.

Question 56

What is generalized anxiety disorder?

Answer 56

General feelings of dread.

Question 57

What is phobic disorder?

Answer 57

Exaggerated fear of an object or situation.

Question 58

What is panic disorder?

Answer 58

Recurrent experiencing of attacks of extreme anxiety in the absence of external stimuli.

Question 59

What is agoraphobia?

Answer 59

Fear of open or crowded places.

Question 60

Is it normal for older people to be depressed when family dies?

Answer 60

No

Question 61

Are people aged 80 and more likely to be victimized by crime?

Answer 61

No

Question 62

What is elder abuse?

Answer 62

The abuse of senior citizens, more in nursing homes.

Question 63

Do African Americans who attend church more than once a week live 13 years longer than others who didn't?

Answer 63

Yes

Question 64

Do older married couples argue more than younger married couples?

Answer 64

Yes

Question 65

What are the four questions for retirement planning?

Answer 65

What will I do? How will I afford it? Where will I live? Who will I share my retirement years with?

Question 66

What is selective optimization with compensation?

Answer 66

Reshaping of one's life to concentrate on what one finds to be important and meaningful.

Question 67

Depression can be connected with the "big five" factor of?

Answer 67

Neuro Criticism.