PSY 2114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Child Abuse, Substance Abuse, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence

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

Document Summary

Common changes in appearance include: greying hair, appearance of wrinkles, male pattern baldness, weight gain due to a slowing metabolism. Individual reactions to these changes very from horror, resistance and embarrassment to acceptance as just another stage in life. Osteoporosis disease in which bones be porous like honeycombs and extremely easy to break. More common in females because: women have less bone mass in general, some do not consume enough calcium to build strong bones from childhood to young adulthood, the decrease in estrogen following menopause greatly accelerates bone loss. Treatment can include: bio-phosphonates to slow down the bone breakdown process, estrogen replacement. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (serms) compounds that have estrogen-like effects on some tissues and estrogen-blocking effects on other tissues: help keep bones from weakening, without the harmful side effects for the breast tissue and uterus. Osteoarthritis a bone disease marked by gradual onset and progression of joint pain and disability with minor signs of inflammation.