Intelligence
Used to be that it would increase during adolescence, be steady during adulthood and go down during the middle and late adulthood...current understanding of intelligenece is that it begins going up down up down up down and then swirling and growing strong through the 60s.
Horn and Cattell on intelligence
Proposed splitting intelligence into 2 categoriesFluid intelligence: early adulthoodChrystallized intelligence: middle adulthoodBoth necessary for optimal thinkingIntelligence will stay strong into the 60's
Fluid Intelligenece
the ability to learn new info quickly, abstract thought and short term memory, better in early adulthood down with age and down with neurological damage
Chrystallized Intelligence
the ability to use accumulated knowledge through time education experience and to use it in the right situation, includes verbal skills (peaks in the middle adulthood) compensating
Memory
3 categories:Sensory memory: retains incoming sensory info for a very short period of timeShort term memory: working memory, stores infor for approx 15-20 seconds and can contain about 7 +- 2 bits of information..rehersal to retain info.Long term memory: unlimited capacity and hold info for long periods of time divided in to 3 parts: procedural, declarative and flashbulb, can retrieve infro from memory in this stage
Baltes: Paul..selective optimization with compensation & expert
selective optimization with compensation: selecting to make the most of what we know and the rest we will compensate forExpert: realize our expertise
Robert Sternberg
AnalyticCreativePractical
Later adulthood and cognitive developmentchanges in the thinking process
sensory memory goes downshort term memory goes downlong term memocryt shouldnt declinedual task deficit
Senile: OldDementia
a cognitive disorder that can occur in old age and causes a gradual deterioration of brain functioning, deterioration of brain tissue, symptoms include imparied memory, imparied judgement, language, orientation, mood (anxiety, depression, angry, out bursts)affects men and women equally, approximately a dozen types of dementia,Alzheimer's Disease (AD) # 1 cause of dementia & Vascular Dementia (VaD) # 2 cause of dementia
Alzheimer's disease: AD
The diagnosis only takes place after a person dies, Beta amyloid plaques=Cholesterol, and genetics
Preventions of Alzheimer's disease
lower cholesterol, increase challenging the brain: (education), increase vitamins C & E intake, increase social involvement
Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
No cure and it is recommended for caretakers to join a support group especially if theyre a loved one
Different Types of Strokes
Ischemic: clogged vesselHemorrhagic: Burst vessel
Middle & Late adulthood psychosocial developmentFREUD
Love & WorkLove: marriage satisfaction age 28-higher divorce rates drop 7-higher yeras of marriage divorce reates drops, sometimes known as the sandwich generation: stuck between parents and children also play the role of grandparent and parents ...Grandparents are either: remote, involved, and or companionateWork: balancing act scale back mentoring and managering
Middle & Late adulthood EriksonGenerativity Vs. StagnationEgo integrity vs despair
Generativity vs stagnation: making the world a better place, making a difference vs someone that only considers themselves ego==> "Care"Ego Integrity vs Despair: am i going to face my own death in integrity or despair?