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Everyday Problem Solving and Emotion: An Adult Developmental Perspective -…
Everyday Problem Solving and Emotion: An Adult Developmental Perspective
Cognitive decline
It starts happening with aging
It is related to specific brain regions
Dorsolateral prefrontal area deteriorates
Ventromedial prefrontal area remains intact
Related to emotional processing and social behavior
Emotional processing, social behavior, and emotion regulation remain intact and even improve
Older adults are better at solving emotionally salient and interpersonal problems
Those functions help people adapt
Adults are able to solve ill-structured problems more effectively
Unpredictable
Constantly transforming
Accumulated experience facilitates adaptation and problem solving
Psychometric intelligence
Involves finding a single correct solution
Requires basic cognitive abilities
Older adults show deficits in this intelligence
Problem solving
Involves the use of strategies
Instrumental strategies
They are action oriented
Direct actions to solve problems
Passive strategies
Used more by older adults in socio emotional situations
Their use depend on how high the emotional demands of the situation are
Implies recognizing that not all problems can be fixed immediately or without emotional regulation
Emotion regulation
It is greatly related to problem solving
Passive emotion regulation strategies
Adaptative functioning
Used more by older adults
Interpersonal problems
Efficient in states of sadness
Older adults prevent anger
Proactive strategies
Related to states of anger
Action related
Mostly seen in youngsters
Goals
May guide the selection of problem solving strategies
Generative goal
Concern for other's well-being
Concern for social connectedness
Mostly exhibited by older adults
Better at emotional regulation and focus on emotional aspects of their environment
They use them in stressful or seemingly uncontrollable situations
Autonomy goal
Concern for independence
Related to self-focused problem solving strategies
Mostly exhibited by young adults
Selection and age
With age the focus and selection of goals changes
The establishment of goals depends on life stages