1. Do-Now Write at least 4 lines in your source book on the following prompt by 9:10 am for your stamp Describe what your life will be like when you are 25 years old and when you are 75 years old.

2. Today’s objective and agenda Students will be able to evaluate theories of aging intelligence and describe the transition from adulthood into later years by: 1. anticipating by describing their life at age 25 and 75 2. taking notes from PP slides 3. Humorous clip break 4. Folder pass 5. Writing a letter to their 75 year old self 6. daily assessment 7. 3-2-1 closing

3. Adulthood! HOORAH! HOORAH! WE MADE IT!

4. Lots of changes in early/middle adulthood!

5. Is change ALWAYS good for us? Our life transitions change as we age -In early adulthood, they are usually positive -In late adulthood and old age, they are generally negative

10. Decremental Model of Aging: the idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with old age Vocab Check! -progressive -decline -inevitable -decremental We tend to believe that age is bad 

11. Examples of the decremental model

12. Is the decremental model true? NO! Studies have shown that decline in old age is NOT inevitable …Just ask Winifred!

13. Winifred Pristell She can bench 176.2 pounds, and dead lift 270 pounds! @ age 70!!!!

14. Her incredibly positive attitude: Her trainer, Andrew “Bull” Stewart says of her, “She has no limitations. Mentally, physically, she just has a spirit about her, an attitude that she can do anything.” Her perseverance: Three days every week she is up at 5:30am and goes to the gym to lift weights. She has integrated exercise and healthy eating habits into her normal routine of life. Her belief in herself: Even though she has arthritis in her hands, feet, and back, Winifred believes she can overcome her challenges. “We are all dealing with something. If you let whatever you’re dealing with control your life, you have no quality of life.”

16. We are guilty of AGESIM! Ageism: prejudice against someone based on their age

18. Back to this intelligence thing Fluid intelligence is the ability to solve abstract problems and to generate new hypotheses Vocab check: -fluid -abstract -hypotheses

20. Crystallized intelligence is the ability to use accumulated knowledge and learning in appropriate situations Vocab check: -accumulate

22. But what about those people who really seem to forget things? Senile dimentia: decreased mental abilities that can include memory loss, forgetfulness, disorientation of time and place, decline in the ability to think, impaired attention, altered personality and difficulty relating to others Ex: Alzheimer’s Disease (not treatable)

24. Today’s objective and agenda Students will be able to evaluate theories of aging intelligence and describe the transition from adulthood into later years by: 1. anticipating by describing their life at age 75 2. taking notes from PP slides 3. Humorous clip break 4. Folder pass 5. Writing a letter to their 75 year old self 6. daily assessment 7. 3-2-1 closing