[PSY 402] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (76 pages long)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 402
• Professor: Taryn Grieder

Document Summary

Themes and issues in adult development and aging. Psychology- the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Developmental psychology- the study of (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s o(cid:448)erti(cid:373)e due to lear(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, maturation or a combination of both. You can have psychological characteristics that make you an adult: appropriate inhibitions, responsibility for your actions, financial responsibility, financial and emotional independence e from parents, a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)ility for o(cid:374)e"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Decline model of development- abilities peak at 20-25, a(cid:374)d it"s all do(cid:449)(cid:374)hill fro(cid:373) the(cid:374) Life span developmental perspective (opposite of decline model: changes are continuous over the lifespan. Inter-individual differences: as you get older, the older have more differences among them than younger people. The older you get the more experiences you go through. The older you get the more different you get. There are a lot of stereotypes with older people that they are all the same but they are actually all individually unique; bad stereotype (not true).