Psychology of Aging/ Please select prompts below


** PART A, B & C ARE TO BE ANSWERED SEPARATELY**

PART A: Select 2 of the following prompts:

  1. What do telomeres and telomerase have to do with cellular theories of aging?
  2. What are age-related changes in hair, and how do these vary for men and women?
  3. What are the theories regarding changes in voice with age?
  4. What are the main reasons why men and women tend to decline in height over time?
  5. Why do women lose bone mass at approximately twice the rate of men?
  6. What is the association between retinal disease and diabetes?

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PART B: Select 2 of the following prompts:

  1. Describe Lewin’s person­-environment interaction.
  2. Discuss the terms competence and environmental.
  3. Discuss Schooler’s application of Lazarus’s cognitive theory of stress and coping in understanding older adults’ interactions with the environment.
  4. Discuss home modifications as a way for an older person to age in.
  5. What are ADUs?
  6. What are some factors that a family should consider before choosing an assisted-living facility?
  7. Describe the two levels of care in nursing homes and the regulations for long-term care.

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PART C: Select 2 of the following prompts:

  1. What are normative age-related changes in fluid and crystallized intelligence?
  2. What does the P-FIT theory propose regarding the origins of intelligence?
  3. Do social and lifestyle variables have an impact on intellectual functioning? If so, in what way(s)?
  4. What was Project ACTIVE? What was learned from this project?
  5. Briefly describe Piaget’s four stages of cognitive.
  6. How does the relationship between emotion and logic change over the life span?
  7. Briefly describe the components and their developmental trajectory in Denney’s model of unexercised and optimally exercised abilities.
  8. Are there age-related differences in problem-solving?
  9. Are adult learners different from their younger counterparts? If so, in what ways?
  10. What is creativity, and how does it change across the life span?