PSYC 7 Study Guide - Final Guide: Proactivity, Amygdala, Prefrontal Cortex
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Chapter 15 social development in late adulthood: theories of psychosocial aging, successful aging a. i. When vision, memory, etc. decline, a full productive life can still be lived by compensating a. ii. Continuity: people use familiar remembered strategies to preserve internal and external structure a. ii. 2. Innovation theory: older adults also often try new things because of increased flexibilities in schedules: competence environmental press model b. i. Competence: upper limit of physical health, ego, strength, cognitive skills etc. b. ii. Environmental press: physical interpersonal or social demands of environment b. iii. Adaptation level vs. max comfort vs. max performance b. iii. 1. Adaptation level: point at which the press level is average for a particular level of competence b. iii. 1. a. Changes in combinations of competence and environmental presses can lead to: b. iv. 1. a. b. iv. 1. a. i. High in competence choose new behaviors to. Often results from low in competence allow situation to dictate one"s options: personality, erikson"s stage: integrity vs. despair a. i.
