PSYC 3490 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biopsychosocial Model, Heart Rate, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood
9 Sep 2019
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Required text: adult development and aging: biopsychosocial perspectives canadian edition (2015) whitnbourne & konnert. Midterm: october 24th 2019 (chapters 1-7) 35% Final: december 5th -20th 2019 (chapters 8-14) 35% Psyc 3490 adult development and aging: history, culture, 4 principles of adult developing and aging, 1. Changes are continuous over the life span individuals remain the same even though they change. Caterpillar to butterfly, infant to adult: appearance may change but they still feel the same, 2. Only the survivors grow old aging individuals are increasingly self-selected: 5 factors that survivors avoid: being overweight, risky behaviours, dietary choices, being physically inactive, smoking (15 years to regain), 3. Individuality matters people vary within and between age groups: hippocampus associated to memory same brain structure as people in the 70s to now in their 20s. both group forgets, 4. Normal aging is different from disease- intrinsic aging processes are different from those associated with illness: age-related losses, primary aging normal age-related changes ex.
