Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 15-19: Midlife Crisis, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Job Satisfaction
19 Sep 2016
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Chapter 15- physical and cognitive development in middle adulthood. Changes in mental abilities development as multidimensional- combined result of biological, psychological and social forces development as multidirectional- joint expression of growth and decline development as plastic- open to change. Crystallized and fluid intelligence crystallized intelligence- refers to skills that depend on accumulated knowledge and experience, good judgment and mastery of social conventions- abilities acquired because they are valued by the individuals culture. Fluid- intelligence- depends more heavily on basic information processing skills- ability to detect relationships among visual stimuli, speed of analyzing information and capacity of working memory: often combines with crystallized intelligence to support effective reasoning and problem solving. Crystallized intelligence increases steadily through middle adulthood: makes sense- adults are constantly adding to their knowledge and skills fluid intelligence begins to decline in the twenties, schaie"s seattle longitudinal study. 5 factors that gained in early and middle adulthood- verbal ability, inductive reasoning, verbal memory, spatial organization and numeric ability.
