FRHD 2060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Design Of Experiments, Individualism, Biopsychosocial Model
7 Dec 2015
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Gerontology: study of aging from maturity through old age. Ageism: form of discrimination against older adults based on their age. Divides human development into 2 phases: early phase (childhood + adolescence) age-related rapid increase in size and ability, later phase (young adulthood, middle age and old age) size change slow, abilities continue to develop. Emphasizes that human development takes a lifetime to complete; no one part is more important than another. Result: need to shift more resources to maintain function and deal with biologically related losses as we grow old, leaving fewer resources to be devoted to continued growth. Us trend: growing population of older adults conflict over public resources smaller number of taxpayers in younger generations. 1. 2 issues in studying adult development and aging. Biopsychosocial framework: provides complete overview of shapes of human development. Cohort: a group of people born at the same point / time span in historical time.
