PSY 213 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Osteoarthritis, Life Review, Salthouse
Document Summary
What happens in middle adulthood: steady career, raising kids, kids growing up, grandkids, crisis, aging, health issues, changes in how we think somethings get better, some decline. Longitudinal cross sectional study, watch ppl overlong time but add more ppl dif ages: perceptual speed declines gradually, (able to process quickly, verbal ability stays the same, inductive reasoning declines slightly, fluid & crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence: trying to process any info, perceptual (using memory)/ put in order. Personal factors related to changes: no chronic disease, high ses, involved in stimulating environments, flexible personalities, higher functioning spouse, satisfied w/ life. Personality: collection of personality traits, big 5 , openness imaginative independent, likes variety stable, conscientiousness organized, careful, disciplinds goes up as older, extroversion sociable, affectionate, stable comes down a little, agreeableness soft herated, trusting, helpful, neuroticism worried insecure, self pitying down, never set in stone, generaltivity personality being caring supportie, increased in middle adulthood, midlife crises stress, reevaluate life.
