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.

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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 otherrewarding 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