chapter 13: later life Flashcards
1
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stereotypes that are wrong
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- we treated elderly people better in the “good old days”
- old people are unhappy and living in nursing homes
2
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Media Age
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- Age where half of pop is older and half is younger
- Age has increased dramatically > life expectancy, birth decreasing and aging increasing
3
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Baby Boomers
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are approaching later life less healthy
4
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Young Old
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- 60’s - 70’s
70 y/o might still have a part time job they enjoy
More likely to be healthier, wealthier and happier
5
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Old old
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80’s and Older
6
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Old Age Negatives
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have been associated with looking ugly, having difficulty doing everyday tasks and learning new things
7
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Old Age Positives
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- gain wisdom
can be happiest or most depressing stage
better at controlling emotions
more reliable as a worker
8
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Memory
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worsens as we age
when old people start to forget smth, there’s something wrong vs. when someone younger forgets it’s “normal”
9
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Divided Attention Tasks
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- especially difficult for elderly
Keep checking clock so they don’t miss appointment
10
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Age related problems
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- slowness
hearing problems
Alzheimer’s disease
tend to make others avoid older people
11
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Living Below poverty line
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- die at an earlier age
old-age illnesses may develop during midlife - look physically older than peers
12
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Brain Scans
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When tasks get challenging the older brain shifts to using both hemispheres (under activation) implying brain is maxed out
13
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Memory Systems
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Episodic
Semantic
Procedural
14
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Episodic Memories
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- most fragile memory system
remembering ongoing events of everyday life (where you were running last night or what celebration you went to today)
15
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Semantic Memories
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- Factual knowledge (Knowing who abe Lincoln is)
