PSY 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Working Memory, Retina, Macular Degeneration

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2114
• Professor: Brenda Baird

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Demographers people who study population trends. Population pyramid graphic technique used by demographers to illustrate population trends. Implications of an increasing senior population: seniors will wield considerable political and economic power, pressure will increase on pension system, health care, and other human services, the proportion of tax payers to retirees will change. Older adults are more often: women than men, non-aboriginal than. Aboriginal: well educated, compared to in the past. Longevity the number of years a person will live. Genes affect: longevity, our likelihood of becoming ill, how quickly disease progresses when we go become ill. Environmental factors that can influence longevity include: exposure to disease and toxins, lifestyle choices, such as smoking and exercise, social class. Impact of environmental factors changes over time: aids (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t a fa(cid:272)tor u(cid:374)til the (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)s, effect of cardiovascular disease is lessening in the developing world due to improving lifestyles.