PSYC 4072 Study Guide - Chronic Condition, Health Promotion, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
Document Summary
Health and longevity: overview, introduction, longevity, health & illness, health problems in late adulthood, promoting health and wellness. Introduction: aging does not equal illness (example: older adults are not all sick and unhealthy) Some older adults take no medicine, have no ailments, etc. Flu young people bounce back, but older people have complications. Elderly pick different forms of exercise mall-walking vs. going to the gym: longevity, life expectancy vs. life span. Life expectancy is a statistical projection (how long are we supposed to live: and women have a 7 year advantage to men today. Life span is the ideal age that humans could live to (right now, this is 120: but, one french woman lived to be 122, changes in life expectancy. Ancient rome, 100 ad (caesar): ~25 years. England, 13th century (king arthur): ~35 years. America, 1900"s: ~40-something: modern medicine and child labor laws have contributed nearly 30 additional years to today"s life expectancy, factors affecting longevity.
