PSYC 4072 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Vascular Dementia, Neuron, Health Promotion
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Depends- close friends remains the same but peripherals tends to decline: stereotypes v. what the literature says. Literature suggests most older people are socially engaged and keep in touch with friends over the phone. Older people use facebook and technology but they use it for different reasons than old people. Old people use it to see how well they are doing relative to other friends their age while younger people just want to put out information about themselves (like a megaphone) Marital satisfaction goes up around this stage. In reality: people look forward to the day their kids leave home: myth #2: medicare provides all of the needed health care for disabled older adults. The children lived with their parents because they could not afford their own home, and the grandparents took care of the children because daycare was too expensive. Nobody could afford to live any other way at that time. Usually mid to late 20s and early 30s.
