PSYC 4072 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychological Testing, Biopsychosocial Model, Psy

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Chapter 1: themes and issues in adult aging. Why study adult development and aging: to provide crucial perspectives that enhance the understanding of the psychology of adulthood and aging. All knowledge and theories contribute importantly to the study of an individual over time. The biopsychosocial perspective: biological: physiological factors and genetics body functions and structure, psychological: cognition, emotion and personality, sociocultural: social context, history and culture family, community, and country. 4. normal aging is different from disease normal aging ( primary aging) is built in hard wiring of the organism impaired gaining or (secondary aging) is a function of abnormal optimal aging: slowed and altered. Normative age-graded influences: leads people to choose experiences that their culture and historical period choose to be appropriate for each age. Ex. in the west to get married and start a family at age. Normative history-graded influences: changes in society as a.