PSY 658 VOCABULARY FINAL EXAM
Mourning - ANSWER the culturally specified expression of the bereaved person's
thoughts and feelings through funerals and other rituals
Ageing in Place - ANSWER In late adulthood, remaining in a familiar setting
where one has control over one's everyday life
Social Convoy - ANSWER A model of age-related changes in social networks,
which views the individual as moving through life within a cluster of relationships,
with close ties in the inner circle and less close ties on the outside. With age, people
change places in the network, new ties are added, and some are lost entirely
Possible Selves - ANSWER The temporal dimension of self-concept.
Future-oriented representations of what one is striving for and what one is
attempting to avoid
Remote Memory - ANSWER very long-term episodic recall
Skipped Generation Family - ANSWER a family structure in which children live
with grandparents but apart from parents
Burnout - ANSWER a condition in which long-term job stress leads to mental
exhaustion, a sense of loss of personal control, and feelings of reduced
accomplishment
Hardiness - ANSWER a set of three personal qualities - control, commitment, and
challenge - that, together, help people cope adaptively with stress brought on by
inevitable life changes
Sandwich Generation - ANSWER A term used to describe middle-aged adults who
must care for multiple generations above and below them at the same time
Menopause - ANSWER The end of menstruation and, therefore, of a woman's
reproductive capacity
Mortality - ANSWER The phase of dying in which the individual passes into
, permanent death
Kinkeeper - ANSWER Role assumed by members of the middle generation,
especially mothers, who take responsibility for gathering the family for celebrations
and making sure everyone stays in touch
Pragmatic Thoughts - ANSWER In Labouvie-Vief's theory, a structural advance in
thinking in adulthood, in which logic becomes a tool for solving real-world
problems and contradictions are accepted as part of existence
Triangular Theory of Love - ANSWER Sternberg's view of love as including three
components - passion, intimacy and commitment - that shift in emphasis as
romantic relationships develop
Clinical Death - ANSWER The phase of dying in which heartbeat, circulation,
breathing, and brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible.
Traditional Marriage - ANSWER a form of marriage involving clear division roles,
husband a head of household responsible for family economic well-being, wife as
caregiver and homemaker
Successful Aging - ANSWER aging in which gains are maximized and losses
minimized, enabling realization of individual potential
Epistemic Cognition - ANSWER reflections on how one arrived at facts, beliefs,
and ideas
Macular Degeneration - ANSWER Blurring and eventual loss of central vision due
to a breakdown of light-sensitive cells in the macula, or central region of the retina
Companionate Love - ANSWER love based on warm, trusting affection and
valuing of the other
Gerotranscendence - ANSWER According to Joan Erikson, a psychosocial stage
Mourning - ANSWER the culturally specified expression of the bereaved person's
thoughts and feelings through funerals and other rituals
Ageing in Place - ANSWER In late adulthood, remaining in a familiar setting
where one has control over one's everyday life
Social Convoy - ANSWER A model of age-related changes in social networks,
which views the individual as moving through life within a cluster of relationships,
with close ties in the inner circle and less close ties on the outside. With age, people
change places in the network, new ties are added, and some are lost entirely
Possible Selves - ANSWER The temporal dimension of self-concept.
Future-oriented representations of what one is striving for and what one is
attempting to avoid
Remote Memory - ANSWER very long-term episodic recall
Skipped Generation Family - ANSWER a family structure in which children live
with grandparents but apart from parents
Burnout - ANSWER a condition in which long-term job stress leads to mental
exhaustion, a sense of loss of personal control, and feelings of reduced
accomplishment
Hardiness - ANSWER a set of three personal qualities - control, commitment, and
challenge - that, together, help people cope adaptively with stress brought on by
inevitable life changes
Sandwich Generation - ANSWER A term used to describe middle-aged adults who
must care for multiple generations above and below them at the same time
Menopause - ANSWER The end of menstruation and, therefore, of a woman's
reproductive capacity
Mortality - ANSWER The phase of dying in which the individual passes into
, permanent death
Kinkeeper - ANSWER Role assumed by members of the middle generation,
especially mothers, who take responsibility for gathering the family for celebrations
and making sure everyone stays in touch
Pragmatic Thoughts - ANSWER In Labouvie-Vief's theory, a structural advance in
thinking in adulthood, in which logic becomes a tool for solving real-world
problems and contradictions are accepted as part of existence
Triangular Theory of Love - ANSWER Sternberg's view of love as including three
components - passion, intimacy and commitment - that shift in emphasis as
romantic relationships develop
Clinical Death - ANSWER The phase of dying in which heartbeat, circulation,
breathing, and brain functioning stop, but resuscitation is still possible.
Traditional Marriage - ANSWER a form of marriage involving clear division roles,
husband a head of household responsible for family economic well-being, wife as
caregiver and homemaker
Successful Aging - ANSWER aging in which gains are maximized and losses
minimized, enabling realization of individual potential
Epistemic Cognition - ANSWER reflections on how one arrived at facts, beliefs,
and ideas
Macular Degeneration - ANSWER Blurring and eventual loss of central vision due
to a breakdown of light-sensitive cells in the macula, or central region of the retina
Companionate Love - ANSWER love based on warm, trusting affection and
valuing of the other
Gerotranscendence - ANSWER According to Joan Erikson, a psychosocial stage
