PSYCH 3AG3 Lecture Notes - Epigenetics, Puberty, Flamingo
16 Sep 2014
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Key terms young adulthood (20-40: middle adulthood (40-65) Late adulthood (65+) development=change over time age process starts from young adulthood. How we treat our bodies and brain in young middle adulthood have very important consequences in last 15 yrs of age. What is aging? primary aging: normal development, normal aging process. Maturation and biological changes, normal program or cell death. This is unavoidable secondary aging: avoidable factors (eg. lifestyle): that could accelerate the primary aging process. Diet, exercise, toxics that could slow down or speed up normal aging. (eg. facial wrinkles are normal aging. How old are you: chronological age: number of years since your birth. Based on your performance, it gave you a fit age. Life span perspective (baltes: multi-directionality, skills don"t all follow the same path. We can arrive at the same end point from different pathways: plasticity, room for improvement. As we age, our skills are not fixed. We haven"t arrived at our end point yet.
