KIN352 Chapter Notes - Chapter chapter 1 : Big Bang, Life Satisfaction, Cohort Study
29 Jan 2017
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Chapter 1 textbook notes (mostly direct from textbook) Self what you think contributes to a sense on your own self as distinct from the selves of other people. Your thinking is part of your identity, affects yours/others feelings and helps to determine how you act. Cognitions attitudes and beliefs refer to cognitions. The something might be discrete (a person), categorical (older people), temporal (an event), or even hypothetical (big bang theory). Personal construct systems termed by george kelly. These systems determine people"s outlooks on their personal and professional lives. Ageism stereotyping of older adults that is usually negative but sometimes positive. Pacification the abuse of medication as a substitute for humane attention through diagnosis and cautious treatment. Robert butler (said in a nursing home). Attitude represents a fleeting or enduring tendency to positively or negatively evaluate and object. Object which may be a person, category of people, or any inanimate or animate, instance, occurrence or category.
