PSY 402 Chapter Notes -Ontogeny, Baby Boomers, Biopsychosocial Model
10 Oct 2012
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Principle: changes are continuous over the lifespan individual differences must be recognized it is the survivors who grow old normal aging is different from disease. Meaning: individuals remain the same even though they change people vary within and between age groups aging individuals are increasingly self-selected intrinsic aging processes are different from those associated with illness. Four principles detailed: changes are continuous over the life span. Eg. changes that occur in later adulthood build on what has occurred during one"s past (continuity principle: only the survivors grow old. They have to not die in other to get older. People who live to old age have survived the many threats of life that can cause others to fall by the wayside. As people go through life, their experiences cause them to diverge from other of the same age in more and more ways. Inter-individual differences: differences between people (principle that people become more different from each other with age)
