Psychology - SEMESTER 4

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  • Created by: ggmonkey
  • Created on: 16-06-20 15:08
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  • Communicate Risk
    • Verbal probability
      • Can't just say words like 'probably' and 'unlikely'
      • Need to consider
      • Don't make assumptions about
    • How to give risk information
      • Signpost numerical data
      • Use absolute risk
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  • Ageing
    • Changes
      • Brain function declines
      • Vulnerability
      • Lifespan development
    • Bio-psychological model
      • Brain ageing is the best determinant of psychological changes
      • Brain cell loss = deterioration of brain cell power
      • Loss of wisdom is less common than loss of wit
        • Wisdom - Crystalised intelligence
        • Wit - fluid intelligence
      • Normal degeneration shouldn't interfere with normal life
    • Bio-psycho-social model
      • Bernie Neugarten
        • The more predictable the event, the less adjustment
        • Positive illusion
          • More likely to overestimate good things and underestimate bad things
      • Life course events
        • Trauma is good to an extent as a child
        • No trauma is also bad
        • Character has to change with age
          • Old people are happier because they do everything now
    • Psycho-social model
      • Erikson's stages
        • At each stage in life, we face a different psycho-social crisis
          • Resolution helps establish an emergent trait or vurtue
            • Helps us adress callenges later in life
      • Key adult qualities
        • Sence of identity
          • Being somebody
        • Capacity for intimacy
          • Having somebody
        • Experience of generativity
          • Helping somebody
        • Aquisition of integrity
          • Taking responsibilty
      • Masked depression
        • High suicide rates in older males - had a nice life

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