PSY 384 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Paul Baltes, Ageism, Confounding
3 Feb 2018
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Chapter one: studying adult development and aging. Gerontology: the study of aging from maturity through old age. Ageism: a form of discrimination against older adults based on their age, which comes about due to myths of aging. The life-span perspective divides human development into two phases: Later (young adulthood, middle age, old age) Paul baltes (1987) identified four key features. Baltes argued that life-span development consists of dynamic interactions between the following factors: As people grow older, they show an age-related reduction in the amount and quality of biologically based resources. There is an age-related increase in the amount and quality of culture needed to generate continuously higher growth as people age. People show an age-related decline in the efficiency with which they use cultural resources. There is a lack of cultural, old-age friendly support structures. Population pyramids: a graphic technique used to illustrate.
