Life Span Development
Final Exam Study Guide
1. Life Span Development is from birth throughout adulthood as well as childhood. The traditional approach emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age. A great deal of change does occur in the six decades after adolescence. 2. Life expectancy has increased because of the recent changes in human life expectancy. The upper boundary of the human life span is 122 years; this maximum human life span has not changed since the beginning of the recorded history. In the 20th century life expectancy increased by 31 years, thanks to improvements in sanitation, nutrition, and medicine. They say it could decrease in the future due to obesity. 3. Characteristics of Life Span Approach: Lifelong, Multidimensional, …show more content…
How do our emotions change as we age? We become more stable, a lot less stress and drama in our lives. 91. Major events change as we age / Oldest-Old / Health declines, family dies off. 92. Generational Inequity: controversy of putting a lot of money into old people and not kids. 93. How families adjust to retirement: Older people live with family members; their income gets cut in half. Social security biggest contributor to retirement. Older people rarely live in institutions if they have family. They spend more money on food, utilities and health care and less on transportation, clothing, pension, life insurance and entertainment. 94. Successful aging requirements: proper diet, active lifestyle, mental stimulation and flexibility, positive coping skills, good social relationships and support, and the absence of disease. 95. Brain death / which part dies first? A person is brain dead when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time. The higher portions of the brain often die sooner than the lower ones. 96. Die in hospital / location of death 50% die in hospitals 20% die in nursing
1. Life Span Development is from birth throughout adulthood as well as childhood. The traditional approach emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, and decline in old age. A great deal of change does occur in the six decades after adolescence. 2. Life expectancy has increased because of the recent changes in human life expectancy. The upper boundary of the human life span is 122 years; this maximum human life span has not changed since the beginning of the recorded history. In the 20th century life expectancy increased by 31 years, thanks to improvements in sanitation, nutrition, and medicine. They say it could decrease in the future due to obesity. 3. Characteristics of Life Span Approach: Lifelong, Multidimensional, …show more content…
How do our emotions change as we age? We become more stable, a lot less stress and drama in our lives. 91. Major events change as we age / Oldest-Old / Health declines, family dies off. 92. Generational Inequity: controversy of putting a lot of money into old people and not kids. 93. How families adjust to retirement: Older people live with family members; their income gets cut in half. Social security biggest contributor to retirement. Older people rarely live in institutions if they have family. They spend more money on food, utilities and health care and less on transportation, clothing, pension, life insurance and entertainment. 94. Successful aging requirements: proper diet, active lifestyle, mental stimulation and flexibility, positive coping skills, good social relationships and support, and the absence of disease. 95. Brain death / which part dies first? A person is brain dead when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specified period of time. The higher portions of the brain often die sooner than the lower ones. 96. Die in hospital / location of death 50% die in hospitals 20% die in nursing