PSY 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Menopause, Dementia, Metastability

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1102
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

At what age do we physically/biologically peak: around mid 20s ater that we begin to decline, but it"s so subtle we wont even know. Exercise and social simulaion we can age healthy. Madonna, picasso, the rolling stones, dara torres, bety white. Guggenheim museum considered to be one of the most important architectural designs. Woman = menopause: end of menstruaion and reproducive capacity. No, it is a myth: no support from science, renewed energy and bigger interest in sex (reality, does not increase risk of depression. Female whales enter menopause at age 40 but they live unil they are 90: 1. ) They lead their pods even when more food is sacred: 2. ) They are living this long to ensure survival of sons. Men don"t have menopause (end of reproducive capacity: tick-ick-ick-ick, gradually decline (sperm, testosterone declines at age 30, midlife crisis = myth!