PSY3032 Chapter 11: Abnormal Psychology Chapter 11 Lecture 4
13 Aug 2018
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Ageing: issues and methods: the life expectancy in australia in the 1970s was 69. 4 years for males and 76. 4 years for females; now it is 79. 9 for males and 84. 3 for females (abs, 2014b). 7. 9 to 10. 5 year increase in life expectancy over the last 40 years: older adults actually experience less negative emotion than do young people. As people age, the quality and depth of sleep decline (fetveit, 2009) and as many as. 50 percent of older adults report difficulties initiating or maintaining sleep (crowley, 2011). Gauging the appropriate dose for the less efficient metabolism of the kidneys and liver of the older person represents a challenge for the medical practitioner side effects and toxicity are much more likely as people age. Research methods in the study of ageing: age effects are the consequences of being a certain chronological age, cohort effects are the consequences of growing up during a particular time period with its unique challenges and opportunities.
