Study Guide Final Examination

Study Guide – Final Examination

Lifespan Psychology

The following study guide is to assist you in your preparation for the exam. It should not be considered a substitute for studying nor should it be considered all inclusive. It is distributed in order to stimulate thought and study in the content areas considered important to this course and subject matter.

Understand significant health risks for school age, early, middle and late adulthood

Meta-cognition and Meta-memory

The effects of heavy television viewing

Understand eating disorders

Understand Erikson’s stages discussed during the 2nd half of class

Sensation seeking or high risk behaviors - what are they and why do they occur

Secondary and Primary effects of aging

Internal and External locus of control – what are they and what types of behavior do they lead to in adolescence?

Know the various types of marriages – both successful and unsuccessful (i.e. volatile, validating etc…) as well as the progression of marital satisfaction (high times and stressed times)

Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence

Super’s 2 phases of work experience

Understand the climacteric and menopause

Def. Osteoporosis

Def. of Sandwich Generation

Keys to good health in middle and late adulthood

Understand the term “Terminal Drop”

Activity v. disengagement theories

Inductive v. Deductive Thought

IQ tests, their purpose, consistency and validity (what do they purport to measure)

Self-esteem in middle childhood and adolescence/ puberty

Priority relationships during childhood, adolescence and adulthood

The effects of early attachment on relationships later in life

Factors in adolescent delinquency

Peak physical and intellectual functioning

The importance of work or job satisfaction at different phases of adulthood

The effects of higher education on the elderly

Brain changes in late adulthood

Teen drop-out factors

Poverty in older adults (who and why)

Living patterns of older adults

Understand Gardner’s multiple intelligence model and know at least 4

Know the risk factors for elder abuse.

Understand mid-life crisis and empty nest syndrome.

Know Kubler-Ross’ stages of grief

Understand what is meant when we say Violence is Violence

Know Marcia’s stages of identity development

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