Stages of Development
Effects of Aging
Psychological Disease/Death
Successful Aging
100
Societal expectations that determine when it is an acceptable time to make certain actions
What is social clock
100
Name the three sensory abilities that decline with age
Hearing, eyesight and smell
100
What is the final stage of Alzheimer’s?
Mental vacancy
100
How can you slow mental and physical aging?
Exercise!
200
This stage of adulthood considers intimacy and isolation
What is Early adulthood (age 20-30)
200
What is the protective layer on the end of the chromosome?
A telomere
200
Name some of the ways one can acquire Dementia
Strokes, tumors, smoking, and alcohol
200
Older people do worse with remembering habitual tasks, how would somebody prevent this?
Develop time management skills and reminder cues
300
This stage of adulthood considers generatively and stagnation
Middle adulthood (age 40-65)
300
Why do older people suffer less short-term ailments (common flu and viruses)?
They have an increase in antibodies
300
What neurotransmitter stops being produced, causing Alzheimer’s Disease?
Acetylcholine-producing neurons
300
How do you prevent memory deterioration?
Use it and don't lose it!
400
This stage of adulthood considers integrity and despair
Late adulthood (age 65+)
400
Why are older people less able to process information quickly and react to complex problems?
Neural processing slows with age
400
What is one of the three factors that can contribute to premature death?
Chronic anger, stress, depression
400
How do the intimacy and number of your relationships change with age?
Relationships are more intimate but less numerous
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