PSYC32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Pineal Gland, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Interpersonal Psychotherapy
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Subjective age bias: a tendency to fell younger than one"s chronological age in a way that may reflect an age bias. Presence of negative aging stereotypes may account for the fact that most people report that they feel younger than. Chapter 16: aging and psychological disorders they actually are. Younger subjective age is linked with greater life satisfaction and a host of other positive outcomes. Positive health experiences and greater health satisfaction are linked with lower subjective age. Physical realities of aging are complicated by ageism. Ageism: discrimination against any person, young or old, based on chronological age. The old are usually defined as those who are over the age of 65. Issues, concepts, and methods in the study of older adults. The word diversity is well suited to the older population. Old people are more different from one another than are individuals in any other age group. People become less alike as they grow older.
