Ch. 5 Adulthood and Old Age

“Empty Nest Syndrome”

When a significant person in an older person’s life leaves many will rejoice and find a chance to reorganize their lives. This mostly affects females.

Sending you to college is fun for your parents.

“The Change”Menopause: the natural ending of a woman’s ability to reproduce led by a lack of estrogen. The following video is how to survive your mother’s menopause.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Om3V-ysu0&feature=fvwrel

Menopause

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8VWG2X5GI&feature=related

Marriage and Divorce90% of adults in the United States will get married.40 to 60% will end in divorce.What makes it last?

1. how couples handle conflicts 2. how often couples share intimate and happy

moments.

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GenerativityThe desire to pass on one’s knowledge to future generations.

How could Robin exist without Batman?

StagnationA discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past.

Remember Pogs?

Do old people have sex?

The answer is yes! Studies have shown that sexual activity does not automatically decline with age.

Life ExpantancyWomen tend to live longer by 4 years. Avg. age is 75.

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Senile DemetiaSenile Dementia- is a collective term that describes conditions characterized by memory loss, forgetfulness, disorientation of time and place, a decline in the ability to think, impaired attention, altered personality, and difficulties in relating to others.

One of the most common forms of Senile Dementia is Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer’s DiseaseA progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, language and physical functioning.Runs its course in 5 to 20 years.Deterioration of neurons that produce the neurotransmitter….Charlie, Gabby, Josh F. this is for you:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alzh

eimers AcetylcholineEstrogen supplements may stop the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Taken from appsychology.com

Alzheimers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wv9jrk-gXc

My Name is Lisa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRHyzjb5SI

Old People

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Decremental model of aging –which holds that progressive physical and mental decline is inevitable with age.Ageism – prejudice against the old.One misconception is that older people are in inflexible or senile.Young people believe the aged withdraw from life and sit around doing nothing…

Attitudes Toward Aging

Do old people get stupid?

Cross-sectional studies show decline.Longitudinal Studies show consistency.

What is the difference?

Cross-sectional studies: study with people of different ages studied at the same time.

Longitudinal Studies: same people studied and retested over a period of time. Taken from appsychology.com

But there are different types of intelligence.

Crystallized intelligence: one’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age.

Fluid Intelligence: one’s ability to reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease during late adulthood.

There are 1 million old people who can no longer take care for themselves, are in institutions

15% of males and 25% of females are in nursing homes

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Dying and DeathElizabeth Kubler Ross studied Thantology. Thantology is the study of death and dying. She came up with the 5 Stages of Death. This is 5 stages someone might go through when confronted with death.1. denial2. anger3. bargaining4. depression5. acceptance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_Z3lmidmrY

HospiceHospice is a special place where the terminally ill people go to die. The hospice is designed to look less like a hospital. Dr.’s do not prolong life. There is also hospice that goes out and services people in their home.

Discussion for tomorrow:

Following topics are up for grabs. 2 or 3 people can sign up and come tomorrow with two very controversial questions and a little background on your subject.1. Funeral Homes (prices for funerals, types, should govt. pay for funeral’s or mandate funeral homes?)2. Nursing Homes (avg. prices, video’s)3. Assisted Suicide4. Life Support Machines5. Marriages, Divorces6. Children of divorced parents7. Retirement8. Health Benefits for the elderly

Letter to your Grandchild

Erikson talks about as you get older you go through the final Psychosocial Stage: Generativity vs. Stagnation: The desire to pass on one’s knowledge to future generations.Your job now is to pretend you are age 91.34 and you are writing a letter to a grandchild and you are telling them what you learned in life. Go..