PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Erik Erikson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Life Review
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United states is a death-phobic country, much more so than other countries. 1935 - franklin roosevelt realized that life savings of older people were in banks that crashed, so he started social security. Social security - for 65 and older, provide monthly stipend. Meant to help the people who had nothing have something. Because of this, we used the age of 65 to define old age. First person to unlock the thought that not everything we do is conscious. Freud believed all growth and develop stopped at puberty and rest of life just tried to make up all mistakes during that time. Not only psychological inner factors that influence development, also social and environmental factors. When looking at development, look at three areas. Cannot study one without others, they all blend together. Life review - think about life and make order whole, pseudo chronological order.
