PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Geriatric Depression Scale, Suicidal Ideation, Neurofibrillary Tangle
23 Nov 2016
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Subjective age bias: tendency to feel younger than you actually are. Younger subjective age is linked with greater life satisfaction and other positive outcomes. Ageism: discrimination against someone because of his or her own age. Mental health pays little attention psychological problems of older adults. Issues focus on: delirium, depression, suicide prevention and mental health issues for those in long term care homes. Issues concepts and methods in the study of older adults. Diversity in older adults and they become more different as they grow older. Age effects: are the consequences of being given a chronological age. Cohort effects: the consequences of having been born in a given year and having grown up during a particular time period w/ its own unique pressure, problems, challenges and opportunities. Time of measure effects: confounds that arise b/c of events at an exact point in time have a specific effect on a variable being studied over time.
