PSY 402 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Breast Cancer, Visual Memory, Neurofibrillary Tangle
23 Mar 2018
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Less susceptible to minor illnesses (e. g. cold) Leading cause of death - accidents > disease and illness. Illness and diseases become the leading cause of death mainly because. Middle adulthood men start to settle down in 30s. Can start in middle adulthood, but usually doesn"t. Graph breaking down people with chronic diseases. 40% in middle adulthood do not have a disease. Most individuals have one or more chronic illnesses. More women are diagnosed with non-life threatening illness while more men are diagnosed with serious illness. Research on health was more focused on men"s health as women were not important to study. Women are more likely to see a doctor and get diagnosed. Men could have non-life threatening illness, but are less likely to go to the doctor so it becomes serious. Men are more genetically likely to have serious illness. Every prevalence of diseases is higher in aboriginal populations except for cancer.
