The Big Five Theory
Developmental Psychology Chapter 17 Handout
Common Stereotypes about Aging: Late Adulthood (60/65+)
Mark Each as True or False
_____ 1. The majority of old people (65+) are senile.
_____ 2. The 5 senses weaken in old age.
_____ 3. The majority of old people have no interest in sex.
_____ 4. Lung capacity declines in old age.
_____ 5. Most elderly feel miserable most of the time.
_____ 6. Physical strength declines in the elderly.
_____ 7. Over 10% of elderly live in institutions (nursing homes, mental inst.)
_____ 8. Aged drivers have fewer accidents than those under 65.
_____ 9. Older workers are not as efficient as younger workers.
_____ 10. Over 75% of the aged are healthy enough to carry on normally.
_____ 11. Old people usually cannot adapt to change.
_____ 12. Old people take longer to learn something new.
_____ 13. It is almost impossible for the average old person to learn something new.
_____ 14. Older people have slower physical reactions.
_____ 15. Older people are pretty much alike
_____ 16. Most elderly report rarely being bored.
_____ 17. Most elderly are socially isolated.
_____ 18. Older workers have fewer accidents than younger workers
1. The majority of elderly adults take some medications, as many as 7.
2. Most common medications are:
3. Sleeping pills *Laxatives *Analgesics
4. Anti-hypertensives *Diuretics *Psychotropics
5. Cardiac medications *Antacids
6. Antibiotics *Cold remedies
7. Drugs metabolize more slowly as people age and kidney and liver functions decline
8. Hazards include
9. Toxic interactions *Improper dosages
Outdated drugs *Storage problems *Confusion
Stages of Alzheimer's
• General Forgetfulness – losing keys, eyeglasses, forgetting names
1. Forgetfulness More Intense and Prevalent – become repetitive, confused, unable to concentrate.
2. Dangerous Stage – getting lost, dressing inappropriately, forgetting to eat, forgetting to turn off the stove.
3. Totally Confused and Disoriented – doesn’t recognize spouse or family members. Can’t control body functions. Full-time care.
|Cataracts |A. changes in physical and cognitive functioning that are due to illness, health habits, and other individual |
| |differences, but which are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable |
|Arthritis |B. due to genetic preprogramming, aging that involves universal, irreversible changes |
|Major depression |C. deterioration of eyesight from a thinning of the yellowish area of the eye located near the retina |
|Alzheimer's disease |D. pressure in the fluid of the eye increases, either because the fluid cannot drain properly or because too |
| |much fluid is produced |
|Environmental factors in memory |E. cloudy or opaque area on the lens of the eye that interferes with passing light |
|Adult-Onset Diabetes |F. includes serious memory loss accompanied by declines in other mental functioning |
|Biological factors in memory |G. high blood pressure |
|Glaucoma |H. intense sadness, pessimism, and hopelessness |
|Hypertension |I. a progressive brain disorder that produces loss of memory and confusion |
|Information processing deficits in |J. an inflammation of one or more joints |
|memory | |
|Secondary aging |K. ability to inhibit irrelevant information declines, speed declines, and the ability to pay attention and to |
| |organize tasks involving memory skills decline |
|Dementia |L. brain and body deterioration |
|Primary aging |M. High blood glucose that begins in adulthood |
|Age-related macular degeneration |N. prescription drugs that hinder memory, life changes in adulthood, and motivation |
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