Transcript reviewch17-18 cog soc-em

Ch. 17: Physical & Cognitive
Chapter 18: Emotional & Social
Development in Late Adulthood
review
Cognitive Development
• (Recall / Recognition) memory shows fewer declines in late
adulthood.
• Age differences are greater for (implicit / deliberate)
memory. Explain your answer.
• What is the difference between remote memory and
prospective memory?
• True or False: Language comprehension shows little change
in later life, as long as conversational partners do not speak
too quickly and older adults are given enough time to
process accurately.
Cognitive Development
• True or False: As long as they perceive problems
as under their control and as important, older
people are active and effective in solving
problems of everyday life.
• What is wisdom?
• True or False: A wide range of chronic conditions,
including vision and hearing impairments and
cardiovascular disease, diabetes, osteoporosis
and arthritis are strongly associated with
cognitive declines.
Psychosocial Development
True or False: Ego integrity is associated with favorable
psychological well-being.
Match Peck’s three tasks towards attaining ego integrity
with their descriptions.
___ Surmounting physical limitations by emphasizing
other rewarding capacities
___ Finding ways to affirm self-worth beyond one’s
career
___ Facing the reality of death constructively through
efforts to improve life for younger generations
A. Ego differentiation B. Body transcendence C. Ego transcendence
Psychosocial Development
• What are some of the community, neighborhood
and housing options available to older adults?
• Although the size of social networks
(increase/decrease) with age, older adults are
(regularly/rarely) left without people in their
inner circle who contribute to their well-being.
• Describe trends in important relationships in later
adulthood: spouse, siblings, friends, adult
children.
ANSWERS
Cognitive Development
• (Recall / Recognition) memory shows fewer declines in late adulthood.
• Age differences are greater for (implicit / deliberate) memory. Explain your
answer.
– Age differences in implicit memory are much smaller than than in deliberate,
or explicit, memory. Memory that depends on familiarity rather than on
conscious use of strategies is largely spared with old age.
• What is the difference between remote memory and prospective memory?
– Remote memory is very long-term remote memory. Prospective memory
refers to remembering to engage in planned actions in the future.
• True or False: Language comprehension shows little change in later life, as
long as conversational partners do not speak too quickly and older adults
are given enough time to process accurately.
Cognitive Development
• True or False: As long as they perceive problems as under
their control and as important, older people are active and
effective in solving problems of everyday life.
• What is wisdom?
– “Expertise in the conduct and meaning of life.”
• True or False: A wide range of chronic conditions, including
vision and hearing impairments and cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, osteoporosis and arthritis are strongly associated
with cognitive declines.
Psychosocial Development
True or False: Ego integrity is associated with favorable
psychological well-being.
Match Peck’s three tasks towards attaining ego integrity
with their descriptions.
_B__ Surmounting physical limitations by emphasizing
other rewarding capacities
_A__ Finding ways to affirm self-worth beyond one’s
career
_C__ Facing the reality of death constructively through
efforts to improve life for younger generations
A. Ego differentiation B. Body transcendence C. Ego transcendence
Psychosocial Development
•
What are some of the community, neighborhood and housing
options available to older adults?
– Ordinary residential homes, senior communities, congregate housing,
life-care communities, nursing homes
• Although the size of social networks (increase/decrease) with age,
older adults are (regularly/rarely) left without people in their inner
circle who contribute to their well-being.
• Describe trends in important relationships in later adulthood:
spouse, siblings, friends, adult children.
– Marriages are typically positive, though one spouse typically passes
before the other; siblings bonds are often close; friends continue to be
important social supports; caretaking roles between parents and
children often reverse as parents age, the quality rather than quantity
of interaction with adult children affect older adults’ life satisfaction