FRHD 2060 Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers
Person-Environment Interactions Equation (Kurt Lewin) - ✔✔B=f(P,E)
Behaviour
Person
Environment
-Behaviour is a function of both the person and the environment
Competence (Lawton & Nahemow) - ✔✔The theoretical upper limit of a person's
capacity to function.
-Biological health
-Sensory-perceptual functioning
-Motor skills
-Cognitive skills
-Ego strength
Environmental Press (Lawton & Nahemow) - ✔✔Demands put on a person by
their environment.
-Physical, interpersonal, &/or social demands
Preventive & Corrective Proactivity (PCP) Model - ✔✔Explains how life stressors
and lack of good congruence in person-environment interactions results in poor
life outcomes.
Preventative Adaptations - ✔✔actions that avoid stressors and increase or build
social resources
, -type of proactive adaptation
Corrective Adaptations - ✔✔actions taken in response to stressors and can be
facilitated by internal and external resources
-type of proactive adaptation
The Congruence Model (Kahana 1982) - ✔✔People with particular needs search
for the best environments that meet their best.
-ex. person without personal transport seeks house near a bus route
-ex. elderly person may need to relocate to assisted-living facility
Loss Continuum Concept - ✔✔-Children leaving
-Loss of social role
-Loss of income
-Death of spouse/close friends and relatives
-Loss of sensory acuity
-Loss of mobility caused by poorer health
Home Modification - ✔✔helping people deal with tasks of daily living by
modifying the environment
-ex. Hand rails in bathroom
Ecology of Aging - ✔✔Also called environmental psychology, a field of study that
seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults and the
environments they inhabit.
Person-Environment Interactions Equation (Kurt Lewin) - ✔✔B=f(P,E)
Behaviour
Person
Environment
-Behaviour is a function of both the person and the environment
Competence (Lawton & Nahemow) - ✔✔The theoretical upper limit of a person's
capacity to function.
-Biological health
-Sensory-perceptual functioning
-Motor skills
-Cognitive skills
-Ego strength
Environmental Press (Lawton & Nahemow) - ✔✔Demands put on a person by
their environment.
-Physical, interpersonal, &/or social demands
Preventive & Corrective Proactivity (PCP) Model - ✔✔Explains how life stressors
and lack of good congruence in person-environment interactions results in poor
life outcomes.
Preventative Adaptations - ✔✔actions that avoid stressors and increase or build
social resources
, -type of proactive adaptation
Corrective Adaptations - ✔✔actions taken in response to stressors and can be
facilitated by internal and external resources
-type of proactive adaptation
The Congruence Model (Kahana 1982) - ✔✔People with particular needs search
for the best environments that meet their best.
-ex. person without personal transport seeks house near a bus route
-ex. elderly person may need to relocate to assisted-living facility
Loss Continuum Concept - ✔✔-Children leaving
-Loss of social role
-Loss of income
-Death of spouse/close friends and relatives
-Loss of sensory acuity
-Loss of mobility caused by poorer health
Home Modification - ✔✔helping people deal with tasks of daily living by
modifying the environment
-ex. Hand rails in bathroom
Ecology of Aging - ✔✔Also called environmental psychology, a field of study that
seeks to understand the dynamic relations between older adults and the
environments they inhabit.
