PSY 3128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Maximum Life Span, Water Pollution, Sorne

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3128
• Professor: Shirley Griffith

Document Summary

Average life expectancy and maximum life span: average life expectancy. Age at which a particular age cohort can expect to live. Genetic and environmental factors: maximum longevity or life span. The oldest age to which any individual of a species lives: active life expectancy (independent) vs dependant life expectancy. The difference is between living to a healthy old age (actual life expectancy) and simply living a long time (dependant) Adding years to life and adding life to years" . Genetic and environmental factors in average life expectancy: genetic factors. If people in your family live a long life, you probably will too. Determines how well people can cope to diseases: environmental factors. Social class: restrictions to goods and services (healthcare, good food etc: native people living on reserves. Environmental factors is man-made; we are responsible for the inequalities. Ethnic differences in average life expectancy: some ethnic groups have lower life expectancy right from birth.