GRT 3110 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Metamodeling, Older Americans Act, Life Satisfaction
5 Oct 2016
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Metamodel: attempts to represent ageing as focus on successful adaptation, takes gains and losses jointly into account, pays attention to great heterogeneity (diversity) in ageing and successful mastery of goals in the face of losses. Defining success and successful ageing: success refers to: favorable attainments deriving from one"s own behavior and actions, often is measured by economic accomplishments, can also refer to: attainment of personal goals of all types ranging from. Social connectedness: critics argue that successful ageing is an oxymoron and means not ageing at all. Cognitive output; learning and performance conditions can be improved. Social behavior; independence and self-care can be re-learn (prompts and rewards) Physical functioning: physical declines can be postponing and temporarily reversed (exercise and diet: jung. Postulated expansion beyond gender constraints towards full humanity and wisdom as criteria for successful ageing: erikson"s stage model. Psychological peace and ego integrity were the criteria for success in old age: other theorists.
