PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Inductive Reasoning
28 Feb 2017
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20-50 no huge changes in physical self metabolism progressively slow down eye progressively deteriorate after 50 changes begin in organ function. Some changes inevitable - cells dividing a little like a photocopy. Lack of exercise, bad diet lacks of meaningful activity. Continued sexual activity common among those over 80. At 50 loss of connections in brain starts to catch up with people. By 60 most people slower on cognitive tasks. Spatial ability crystallized intelligence-stable into the 70s verbal ability numeric ability. 50% of 65 and older have cataracts-clouding of lens. 50 high pitch sounds are hard to hear. 50 background sounds are hard to hard to block out taste buds survive but smell is affected. Older people are less confident of memory than younger people. Challenge: young adult must share himself or herself with another and learn to make commitment. Challenge-adult sink into complacency and selfishness or experience generativety- creativity and renewal .
