3572930740 | Rowe and Kahn definition of successful aging | the absence of disease, high cognitive and physical function, and engagement in life. | 0 | |
3572926643 | World Health Organization (WHO) definition of active aging | the process of optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. | 1 | |
3572904724 | successful cognitive aging | defined as cognitive performance that is above the average for an individual's age group as objectively measured. | 2 | |
3572904725 | positive psychology | seeks to provide a greater understanding of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive. | 3 | |
3572906877 | life satisfaction | the overall assessment of an individual's feelings and attitudes about one's life at a particular point in time. | 4 | |
3572908509 | subjective well-being | an individual's overall sense of happiness. | 5 | |
3572908510 | paradox of well-being | the well-established finding that older adults maintain high subjective well-being despite facing challenges from their objective circumstances. | 6 | |
3572908511 | social indicator model | demographic and social structural variables, such as age, gender, marital status, and income, account for individual differences in levels of well-being. | 7 | |
3572910750 | set point perspective | the view that people's personalities influence their level of well-being throughout life. | 8 | |
3572912888 | social comparison | the process that occurs when people rate themselves relative to their primary reference group. | 9 | |
3572937623 | life story | the individual's narrative view of his or her own past. | 10 | |
3572914917 | creativity | the ability to generate products or ideas that are original, appropriate, and have an impact on others. | 11 | |
3572914918 | Planck hypothesis | the tendency of peak scientific productivity to occur in early adulthood. | 12 | |
3572916229 | career age | the age at which an individual begins to embark on his or her career. | 13 | |
3572916230 | creative potential | the total number of works that a person could hypothetically produce in a life span with no upper limits. | 14 | |
3572917541 | equal odds rule | the principle that creative inividuals who produce more works are more likely to produce one or more of high quality than are those who produce fewer works. | 15 | |
3572918833 | old-age style | an approach to art that eliminates the fine details and instead presents the essence of the work's intended meaning. | 16 | |
3572921413 | swan song | a creative work produced at the very end of an artist's life. | 17 | |
3572921414 | lastingness | the quality of an older artist's work that allows it to persist over time. | 18 |
Adult and Aging Chapter 14 Flashcards
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