Psyc 3400 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
senescence - (ANSWER)starting to deteriorate
natural physical decline brought about by increasing age
what changes about the brain occur during this point - (ANSWER)brain reaches maximum size and
weight
grey matter continues to be pruned and myelination increases
senses at their peak
psychomotor abilities at height
what is the CDC recommended amount of excercise that people should engage in and what are the
benefits - (ANSWER)30 minutes moderate activitiy 5 days a week
cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, osteoporosis reduced, immune response, decreased
stress/anxiety/depression, increase longevity
secondary aging - (ANSWER)changes due to health, behaviors, illness and are not due to actual age itself
and are not inevitable
ex- smoking, drinking, drugs, unprotected sex
what is obesity? why do people typically gain weight during young adulthood? - (ANSWER)20%+ average
weight for a person of given height
ignore good nutritional practices, physical growth begins to decline, calorie reduction is necessary,
dieting fails
what is stress? - (ANSWER)response to events that threaten or challenge an individual
primary and secondary appraisals when assessing the severity of stress - (ANSWER)primary:
first step- individuals assessment of an event to determine whether its implications are positive,
negative, or neutral
how much time will it take me to do the reading?
secondary:
,Psyc 3400 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
can i handle it?
assessment of coping abilities and resources are adequate to overcome the challenge posed by the
potential stressor
what time is available to do the reading?
consequences of stress and what are psychosomatic disorders - (ANSWER)health impacts, increased risk
of becomming ill, produce illness (psychosomatic disorder)
increase difficulty recovering from illness
reduce abilitiy to cope with future stress
4 types of coping with stress - (ANSWER)problem focused
emotion focused
social support
defensive coping
problem focused coping - (ANSWER)changing the situation to make it less stressful
man has on the job stress to he talks to boss to find a solution
emotional focused coping - (ANSWER)conscious regulation of emotion
look on the brighter side
social support coping - (ANSWER)assistance or comfort from others
defensive coping - (ANSWER)unconscious efforts to distort or deny the true nature of the situation
academic success is unimportant or deny the seriousness of a threatening illness
what personality characteristic is associated with lower rate of stress related illness -
(ANSWER)hardiness
take charge, optimistic, treating issues into challenges
, Psyc 3400 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
postformal thought - (ANSWER)thinking that goes beyond piaget's formal operations- rather than being
purely logical processes, with absolutely right and wrong answers to the problems, postformal thought
acknowledges that adult predicaments must sometimes be solved in relativistic terms
thinking changes beyond adolescence into early adulthood- thought based on practical experiences, not
just logic- shift away from dualistic thinking where there is a clear right and wrong to relativistic thinking
(thinking about world in less rigid more complex ways with no clear right or wrong) AND dialectal
thinking (interest and appreciation for debate/hearing differing counterpoints to an argument, shifting
of thought between ideal solutions and practical solutions)
Schaie's stages of cognitive development - (ANSWER)acquisition of information
acquisitive
achieving
responsible
executive
reintegrative
acquisitive stage - (ANSWER)all of childhood and adolescence
first stage of cognitive development in which the main developmental task is to acquire information
achieving stage - (ANSWER)early adulthood/young adults
applying their intelligence to attaining long term goals regarding teir careers, family, and contributions
to society
young adults must confront and resolve major issues and the decisions they make have implications for
the rest of their lives
responsible stage - (ANSWER)late stages of early adulthood and middle adulthood
senescence - (ANSWER)starting to deteriorate
natural physical decline brought about by increasing age
what changes about the brain occur during this point - (ANSWER)brain reaches maximum size and
weight
grey matter continues to be pruned and myelination increases
senses at their peak
psychomotor abilities at height
what is the CDC recommended amount of excercise that people should engage in and what are the
benefits - (ANSWER)30 minutes moderate activitiy 5 days a week
cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, osteoporosis reduced, immune response, decreased
stress/anxiety/depression, increase longevity
secondary aging - (ANSWER)changes due to health, behaviors, illness and are not due to actual age itself
and are not inevitable
ex- smoking, drinking, drugs, unprotected sex
what is obesity? why do people typically gain weight during young adulthood? - (ANSWER)20%+ average
weight for a person of given height
ignore good nutritional practices, physical growth begins to decline, calorie reduction is necessary,
dieting fails
what is stress? - (ANSWER)response to events that threaten or challenge an individual
primary and secondary appraisals when assessing the severity of stress - (ANSWER)primary:
first step- individuals assessment of an event to determine whether its implications are positive,
negative, or neutral
how much time will it take me to do the reading?
secondary:
,Psyc 3400 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
can i handle it?
assessment of coping abilities and resources are adequate to overcome the challenge posed by the
potential stressor
what time is available to do the reading?
consequences of stress and what are psychosomatic disorders - (ANSWER)health impacts, increased risk
of becomming ill, produce illness (psychosomatic disorder)
increase difficulty recovering from illness
reduce abilitiy to cope with future stress
4 types of coping with stress - (ANSWER)problem focused
emotion focused
social support
defensive coping
problem focused coping - (ANSWER)changing the situation to make it less stressful
man has on the job stress to he talks to boss to find a solution
emotional focused coping - (ANSWER)conscious regulation of emotion
look on the brighter side
social support coping - (ANSWER)assistance or comfort from others
defensive coping - (ANSWER)unconscious efforts to distort or deny the true nature of the situation
academic success is unimportant or deny the seriousness of a threatening illness
what personality characteristic is associated with lower rate of stress related illness -
(ANSWER)hardiness
take charge, optimistic, treating issues into challenges
, Psyc 3400 Final Questions With Complete Solutions
postformal thought - (ANSWER)thinking that goes beyond piaget's formal operations- rather than being
purely logical processes, with absolutely right and wrong answers to the problems, postformal thought
acknowledges that adult predicaments must sometimes be solved in relativistic terms
thinking changes beyond adolescence into early adulthood- thought based on practical experiences, not
just logic- shift away from dualistic thinking where there is a clear right and wrong to relativistic thinking
(thinking about world in less rigid more complex ways with no clear right or wrong) AND dialectal
thinking (interest and appreciation for debate/hearing differing counterpoints to an argument, shifting
of thought between ideal solutions and practical solutions)
Schaie's stages of cognitive development - (ANSWER)acquisition of information
acquisitive
achieving
responsible
executive
reintegrative
acquisitive stage - (ANSWER)all of childhood and adolescence
first stage of cognitive development in which the main developmental task is to acquire information
achieving stage - (ANSWER)early adulthood/young adults
applying their intelligence to attaining long term goals regarding teir careers, family, and contributions
to society
young adults must confront and resolve major issues and the decisions they make have implications for
the rest of their lives
responsible stage - (ANSWER)late stages of early adulthood and middle adulthood
