COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: INFORMATION PROCESSING IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

<p>Perceptual speed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enjoyment of the work itself</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gender discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Higher wage requirements</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Middle adulthood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They have accumulated a high level of expertise</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The accumulated knowledge and experience in a specific domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It allows for automatic problem solving</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The organisational career involves working for the same employer throughout one's working life, while the protean career involves changing paths frequently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Workers with high levels of education</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because they are more likely to be doing work that involves simple, repetitive tasks</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Declining strength and stamina</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fluid intelligence = Biologically based, involves information-processing abilities such as short-term memory Crystallised intelligence = Represents the accumulation of culturally based knowledge and logical-reasoning abilities Fluid intelligence example = Learning to fly high-speed jets Crystallised intelligence example = The knowledge accumulated by scholars in the course of a career of research</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Short-term memory = Fluid intelligence Cultural knowledge = Crystallised intelligence Visual stimuli discernment = Fluid intelligence Logical reasoning abilities = Crystallised intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cattell’s theory = Fluid and Crystallised intelligence Seattle Longitudinal Study = Fluid and Crystallised intelligence during adulthood Learning to fly high-speed jets = Fluid intelligence Career of research in a field = Crystallised intelligence</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Job Satisfaction = Peaks in middle adulthood Perceptual Speed = Declines steeply through the adult years Burnout = Causes people to quit their jobs Unemployment = Midlife adults stay unemployed longer than younger adults</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Glass Ceiling = Women quit jobs in large corporations Lowered Goals = Greater job satisfaction New Challenges = Job changes sometimes happen Burnout = Quit due to being overwhelmed by work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pay Increase = Occurs with age in most jobs Job Changes = Less frequent compared to younger workers Expertise Development = Leads to better job performance Job Loss = New job tends to have lower status and pay</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enjoyment of Work = Main reason for job satisfaction Greater Authority = More involvement in decision making Lowered Expectations = Realisation of professional limits Gender Discrimination = Causes women to quit corporate jobs</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expertise = Knowledge and experience in a specific domain Crystallised intelligence = Accumulated knowledge and reasoning in a culturally valued area Automaticity = Part of problem solving that becomes automatic with enough expertise Globalisation = Process that has profound effects on the nature of work</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nurse = Has far more expertise than someone who has just completed nursing school School teacher = Has more expertise than a young adult teacher Mechanic = Can quickly focus on the most likely explanation for a car problem Food-services worker = Expertise defined in terms of knowledge, organisational skills and social skills</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>People rise to the top of their profession = Middle adulthood People have financial obligations such as supporting their parents and saving for retirement = Middle adulthood People experience more disruption to their functioning when unemployed = Middle adulthood People have less expertise than those in middle adulthood = Young adulthood</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Expertise = Allows people to process information more quickly and efficiently Automaticity = Makes problem solving fast and efficient Experience = Allows experts to solve problems based on intuition Flexibility = Enables experts to think of alternative strategies when the first one is not successful</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organisational Career = Common model in industrialised countries during the 19th century, involves staying in the same field or with the same employer throughout working life Protean Career = Flexible and changeable career path, involves changing jobs and fields frequently</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Midlife adults with high education = Attractive and rewarding prospects with high value in global economy Midlife adults with low education = Greater peril due to vulnerability to automation and shift of work to developing countries Emerging adults and young adults in developing countries = Opportunities for best jobs as their economies expand People in agricultural jobs = Hard physical labour with neither organisational nor protean career prospects</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Globalisation = Made the work path less linear and predictable Unions = Improved working conditions and enhanced pay and benefits Automation = Increased risk for jobs involving simple, repetitive tasks Information and Technology = Rewards those who can use them well in the global economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Workers with high levels of education = Especially valuable due to emphasis on information and technology Work involving simple, repetitive tasks = Vulnerable to automation or shift to cheaper labour markets Accounting and computer programming = Can be shifted around the globe to where it can be done most cheaply Agricultural work = Remains a substantial proportion of work, especially in Asia and Africa</p> Signup and view all the answers