CDE 232 Final: DETAILED FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE!!
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Physical & cognitive development in midlife (chapter 15 and lecture) Begins at age 40, ends at age 65. Loss of eyesight, weight gain, height loss, skin sagging/more likely to bruise. Young adults focus on the future, older adults focus on the past. Midlife is a time to look back in time, and look ahead: time to ask how things are going and what is left to do. What are some cognitive changes in midlife? (see textbook for additional information) Speed of information processing, as well as reaction time declines. Crystallized intelligence (accumulated info and verbal skills) increases. Fluid intelligence (ability to reason abstractly) declines slightly. Crystallized intelligence, vocabulary, verbal memory, inductive reasoning, spacial orientation increases. Job satisfaction, working conditions, & resources (salary) increases. Socioemotional development in midlife (chapter 16 and lecture) To achieve immortality by leaving a legacy to the next generation. Biological and parental generativity: harder to be generative if not a parent.
