PSYCO223 Lecture Notes - Paul Baltes

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO223
• Professor: Dayuma Vargas Lascano

Document Summary

Theory that successful aging is related to three factors: selection: older adults have reduced capacity and loss of functioning, which require a reduction in performance in life domains like memory and physical skills. Choose and focus on goals most important to you: optimization: you can maintain performance in some areas through continued practice and use of new technology, for example doing cross word puzzles or getting exercise. Perseverance: compensation: when life tasks require a level of capacity beyond the current level of the adult"s performance potential especially in situations of high mental of physical demands, or when they develop an illness.