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What is Aging Flashcards

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Successful Aging

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  • Being able to live and function independently in a healthy way
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What are some recent aging trends

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  • People are living long
  • Women tend to live longer than men
  • We have and older and younger generation at the same time
  • Etc.
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Centarian

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  • A person who has reached over the age of 100
  • They have more than doubled in Canada in recent years
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Why has the aging population grown recently

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  • Cures
  • Increased health care
  • Better diet
  • Better health
  • Population is increasing
  • Baby Boomers
  • New technology
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Questions related to an increased aging population

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  • Do we have enough ressources and facilities
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What kinds of changes happen with age

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  • Physical/biological
  • Social/emotional
  • Cognitive
  • Perceptual
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Examples of physical/biological changes

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  • Health
  • Mobility
  • Balance
  • Disease
  • Illness
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Examples of social/emotional changes

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  • Isolation
  • Depression
  • Differences between the person and environmental
  • Can’t work anymore
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Examples of cognitive changes

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  • Cognitive issues like dementia
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Examples of perceptual changes

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  • Stigma from yourself and others
  • Agism
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How does aging affect how we live in the environment

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  • We need to use equipment
  • Modify living spaces
  • Avoiding things we can no longer do
  • We may have environmental preferences, like finding quieter spaces or deciding where you want to want/can travel
  • May use more tech
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Life expectancy

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  • A measure of the average numbers of years a person can expect to live
  • Varies depending on where we live based on many different reasons like health care, temperature, social services, poverty, etc.
  • Certain things have recently caused a dip in this number because of things like covid, opioids, gun violence, etc.
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What forces influence aging

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  • Biological
  • Psychological
  • Socio-cultural
  • Life-cycle
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Biological force of aging

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  • Changes in the organ system
  • Wrinkles
  • Diabetes
  • Menopause
  • Vision
  • Changes in appetite
  • Genetics/Genetic predisposition
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Psychological force of aging

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  • Internal perceptual
  • Cognitive emotional
  • Personality factors that affect development
  • Declines in memory
  • More agreeable
  • More passionate
  • More tolerable
  • Conscientiousness changes and impact social and wellbeing
  • Better emotional regulation
  • More positive
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Socio-cultural force of aging

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  • Interpersonal
  • Societal
  • Cultural and ethnic factors
  • Emotional fulfilling relationships
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Life-cycle force of aging

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  • Reflect differences in how the same event or combination of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural forces affect people at different points in their lives
  • Ex: Change in health status affects older people more than younger people
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Biopsychosocial Framework

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  • Way of organizing the biological, psychological, and sociocultural forces on human development
  • Even if each person lives the exact same factors they will still become different versions on themselves
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Normative age-graded influence

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  • Experiences from the biopsychosocial forces that occur to most people at a specific age
  • Ex: Puberty, menopause
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Normative history graded influences

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  • Events that most people in specific culture experience at the same time
  • Ex: Epidemics, Stereotypes
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Nonnormative Influences

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  • Random or rare events that may be important for a specific person but are not experienced by most people
  • Ex: Winning the lottery, experiencing an accident
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What are some myths about aging

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  • All older adults get dementia
  • Older adults can’t learn new things
  • People feel lost in retirement and often get sick and die after the retirement
  • Most older people feel depressed or bored
  • Sexual activity and interest in sex decline later in life
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Chronological Age

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  • Based on the passe of time and is limited significant in terms of health
  • What we typically refer to
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Biological Age

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  • Based on changes that occur in the body as people age
  • Ex: Looking at the cardiovascular system
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Psychological Age

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  • Based on functional level of psychological abilities
  • Ex: Memory, intelligence, etc.
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Socio-cultural age

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  • Based on the set roles we adopt in relation to our society and culture
  • Ex: The way we dress, the role we have in our family
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What is aging

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  • Gradual, continuous process of natural chances that begin at birth leading to senescence
  • Some affects of aging have no influence on our functioning and others do
  • Advancing age is a major risk factor for issues of chronic disease
  • The brain developing at around 30 years old
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Young-Old

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  • 60-74 years old
  • Often have fewer responsibilities so they can pursue leisure activities
  • Evidence of cognitive decline and emotional stability
  • High levels of emotional and personnel well-being
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Old-Old

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  • 75-84 years old
  • Increased risk of health conditions
  • Slight changes in cognition often occur
  • May require adjustments in social networks due to death of family and friends
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Oldest-Old

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  • 85+ years old
  • Typically at the limits of their functioning with increased rates of disease
  • Evidence of cognitive deficits appearing more often
  • Problems arise with quality of life and dying with dignity
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Primary Aging

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  • Normal, disease free development during adulthood
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Secondary Aging

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  • Developmental changes that are related to disease, lifestyle, and other environmentally induced changes
  • Ex: Pollution affecting/aging your lungs
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Tertiary Aging

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  • Also know as the terminal drop
  • Rapid losses that occur shortly before death
  • Usually the last few years before death
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How can we study old people

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  • Following over time
  • Comparing age groups
  • Imaging and behavioural design
  • Interventions

PSY3128 - The Psychology of Aging (14 decks)

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