Thinking About Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior 2e

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Thinking About Psychology The Science of Mind
and Behavior 2e

• Charles T. Blair-Broeker
• Randal M. Ernst

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Developmental Domain
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Life-Span Development Chapter
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Adulthood and Aging

• Module 16

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Early Adulthood Transitions and the Social Clock

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Stages of Adulthood
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Adulthood

• Play Stages of Adult Development (307) Segment
  23 from Psychology The Human Experience.
• This segment is a good introduction to adulthood
  and the changes throughout life.

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Social Clock

• Culturally (societys) preferred timing of social
  events such as marriage, parenthood, and
  retirement
• The best timing for certain life events
• The timing varies from culture to culture.

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Emerging Adulthood

• Developmental period between adolescence and
  adulthood

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Physical Changes and Transitions Middle
Adulthoods Physical Changes

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Menopause

• When the menstrual cycle ends
• Also refers to the biological changes a woman
  experiences as her ability to reproduce declines
• Usually occurs between age 45 and 55
• Does not usually lead to depression

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Physical Changes and Transitions Later
Adulthoods Physical Changes

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Physical Changes Vision
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Physical Changes Sense of Smell
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Physical Changes Hearing
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Physical Changes Hearing
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Physical Changes and Transitions Diseases
Related to Aging

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Alzheimers Disease

• A progressive and irreversible brain disorder
  characterized by gradual deterioration of memory,
  reasoning, language, and finally, physical
  functioning

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Alzheimers Disease

• Play Alzheimers Disease (706) Module 19 from
  The Brain Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

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Alzheimers Disease

• Play Understanding Alzheimers Disease (1140)
  Segment 19 from The Mind Psychology Teaching
  Modules (2nd edition).

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Senile Dementia

• Mental disintegration that accompanies
  alcoholism, tumor, stroke, aging, and most often,
  Alzheimer's disease

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Senile Dementia
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Parkinsons Disease

• Play Brain Transplants in Parkinsons Patients
  (1109) Module 31 from The Brain Teaching
  Modules (2nd edition).

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Cognitive Changes and Transitions Memory

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Aging and Memory
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Cognitive Changes and Transitions Intelligence

• Module 6 Adult and Aging

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Fluid Intelligence

• Ability to reason speedily and abstractly
• Can be used to solve novel logic problems
• Declines as people get older

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Crystallized Intelligence

• Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
• Tends to increase with age

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Age and Verbal/Nonverbal Intelligence
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Memory and Aging

• Play Aging and Memory (1116) Segment 17 from
  The Mind Psychology Teaching Modules (2nd
  edition).

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Social Changes and Transitions

• Module 16 Adult and Aging

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Commitment to Love

• An important factor in adult happiness
• Lasting love includes
• Intimate self-disclosure
• Shared emotional and material support
• Similar interests and values

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Commitment to Children

• Children result in a change in the marital
  relationship
• Potential disagreement on the division of labor
  with children

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Empty Nest

• The change married couples go through as a result
  of their children leaving home
• Not necessarily a negative event for couples

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Overall Life Satisfaction

• Most studies show the elderly as happy and
  satisfied with life.
• People tend to mellow with age.
• Most regrets focus on what the person didnt do
  rather than mistakes they have made in life.

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Overall Life Satisfaction
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Reactions to Death

• Reactions to death are different from culture to
  culture.
• Attitudes toward death and dying are changing in
  the United States. --more
  openness
  --facing death with dignity hospice helps

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The End
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