Developmental
Psychology
Review for Unit
Test #4
- leading chronic disorders in middle adulthood
- sensory changes in middle adulthood, especially visual
- reaction time changes
- Type A & B
- menopause—definition, effects
- stress and its effects
- changes in intelligence in middle adulthood, fluid vs.
crystallized
- memory changes in middle age
- selective optimization and expertise
- Erikson’s stage of generativity vs. stagnation
- Levinson’s theory
- stage theories vs. normative-crisis approaches
- typical pattern of marital satisfaction & critiques of
theory
- reasons for divorce
- effects of divorce, gender differences in effects
- empty nest syndrome
- boomerang children
- sandwich generation
- grandparenting roles
- domestic violence & child abuse facts
- definition of late adulthood and “functional age”
- various subcategories of late adulthood
- primary vs. secondary aging & causes
- brain development and aging
- visual problems in elderly
- % elderly with psychological problems
- Depression in elderly
- Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease—symptoms, causes,
stats
- Changes in life expectancy
- Memory changes in late adulthood
- Erikson’s ego integrity vs. despair stage
- Peck’s 3 tasks of late adulthood
- Characteristics & benefits of life review
- 3 theories of activity level in old age
- % old people in nursing homes
- Types of living arrangements & care facilities
available to elderly
- Financial issues of elderly
- Elder abuse – characteristics, who is vulnerable