PSY 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jeanne Calment, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Maximum Life Span
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~aging is multi-dimensional and multi-directional: studying aging, who do we study, those over 65? a) Physical aging: life expectancy differs as a function of one"s country and living conditions. Asian-americans and latino-americans have slightly higher life expectancies: the gender difference favoring females cuts across ethnic/racial groups, life expectancy vs. Maximum life span: maximum life span is estimated to be about 120 years a) Jeanne calment lived to be 122 years, 164 days (longest recorded lifespan) !2: susannah mushatt jones - born july 6, 1899, is 116 years, 125 days. 9th oldest person ever on record and one of only four living people born in the. Monday, november 9, 2015: summary, cross-sectional research, measures age differences; but cohort effects, longitudinal research, measures age changes; but subject mortality, cross-sequential research, measures differences and age changes; but largest costs in time and money. Incredibly devastating disease for the victims, the caretakers, and society: emotional aging.
