PSYC 405 Lecture 2: 1_30-3
30 Jan 2020
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Processes that affect rate that primary aging occurs. These processes increase rate of primary aging. Significant decline in intellect during last few years before death. Develop the ability to function effectively in a specific environment. If a person can live alone in the environment that they are in. Number of years that have elapsed since a person"s birth. Estimate of your position within your potential lifespan (involves functioning of organs) Adaptive capacities of individual (adapt to change in environment) Adapting to changes that occur around them ex; towson parking garage and having different cones in the way each day. Getting an older person to use a cellphone since they are not used to growing up with it. Social roles and expectations for self and those imposed by society. May need help from someone else at some point such as a caregiver.
