ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE HOORAH! WE MADE IT!

WHY DO OUR BODIES AGE? Our body cells lose the ability to repair themselves OR preset biological clock that limits the number or times cells can multiply and divide… genetics!

WHAT PHYSICAL CHANGES OCCUR DURING MIDDLE AGE? Graying and thinning hair, dry or inelastic skin, appearance of wrinkles, sense that require more stimulation, slowing reflexes… geez!!!

HOW ARE COMMON CAUSES OF DEATH LINKED TO YOUNG ADULT LIFESTYLES Can be made worse by the lifestyle choices made during you adulthood Not eating properly or exercising, drugs, alcohol.

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 90% 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. forum.xbitlabs.com

WHAT CHANGES OCCUR DURING MENOPAUSE? Women’s sex hormones drop sharply, ovulation ceases and there is no menstruation.

IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE STAGES OF DANIEL LEVINSON’S THEORY OF MALE DEVELOPMENT. 1. Entering the adult world- novice, not quite a man or an adolescent. Needs to explore the options of the real world and needs to establish a stable life structure. 2. Age Thirty Crisis: Men reexamine the commitments made in early adulthood. Men may change the pars of their lives that are unsatisfying before its is too late. 3. Settling Down: “Made it!” Having their parte in the adult world. Men become fully independent. Strive to attain positions in the world. 4. Mid life Transition: Question their life so far. What have I done with my life? What have I accomplished? What do I still want to accomplish? Generativity- wanting to sue wisdom to guide future generations. Stagnation- discontinuation of development and desire to recapture the past (mid-life crisis) 5. Middle adulthood: True adulthood can be achieved. Period of stability and balance

WHAT TRANSITIONAL CRISIS MAY OCCUR FOR FEMALES DURING MIDDLE 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.

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SENILE DEMENTIA Senile Dementia- 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.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE A 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….

ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING 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…

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.

WINIFRED PRISTELL She can bench pounds, and dead lift 270 age 70!!!!

DYING AND DEATH Elizabeth 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. denial 2. anger 3. bargaining 4. depression 5. acceptance