emotional and environmental factors. I picked constipation to discuss because I am a Personal Support Worker‚ I provide care for the elderly; most of them have health conditions which are likely contributory factors. Older adults are more prone to constipation than younger adults because peristalsis of the intestine usually weakened as we age; ingestion of certain medications; also due to reduced activity levels; muscle weakness and inadequate amounts of fluids and fibre intake. (Kozeir et al‚ 2010)
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that occur close in time. When an organism learns to make associations‚ it is being conditioned. There are two types of conditioning. Operant conditioning is when an organism associates an action and the consequence of that action. It results in the organism adapting its behavior to maximize rewards and minimize punishment (Skinner). On the other hand‚ classical conditioning is a type of learning where an organism associates a certain stimulus and the response to it with a different stimulus.
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nterview with an Older Adult Rachel Ehrbar University of New Hampshire In an effort to learn about the process of aging and what it means to someone who is considered an older adult‚ I interviewed a man who is approaching his sixty-seventh birthday in August. For the purposes of this paper‚ I will refer to the gentleman interviewed as John‚ a fictitious name in order to protect his privacy. John is the youngest of two sisters and one brother‚ who all grew up in a small town in New Jersey
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Interview of an Older Adult The older adult I interviewed was a 90-year-old female. She was born August 21‚ 1926 in her home on the farm. This resident grew up in farming community known as Farming‚ Minnesota. Farming is a small town located in between Albany and Richmond. Her father was an interpreter during World War II for the Germans for 37 years. He even interpreted during the Nuremberg Trials. When he wasn’t busy interpreting German to English‚ he was a farmer and carpenter. He had partnered
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PSY/300 General Psychology Erika Rich “Phobia’s and Addiction’s Relating to Classical and Operant Conditioning” June 7‚ 2010 Corey Vigdor Phobia’s with Classical Conditioning A phobia can be developed in classical conditioning when you produce a fear tactic with it. Like the example with Little Albert. At the age he was he wasn’t afraid of the rabbit‚ dog‚ or any of the other things they put in front of him. When they kept hitting the pole behind him scaring him over and over he then associated
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With the older adult population steadily increasing‚ society has a long way to go with embracing this population as it relates to the negative effects that ageism has on older adults. Western cultures are excessive about obtaining and maintaining youthfulness and constantly trying to find ways to combat the process of aging. As a gerontologist‚ it is my role to educate older adults as well and the general community about the issues affecting older adults including ageism. In order to be successful
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any relatively permanent change in behaviour due to experience (Grivas et al‚ 1999: 318). Conditioning is the acquisition of specific patterns of behaviour in the presence of well-define stimuli (Termpapers‚ 2003: 01). Learning is the unconscious association between two stimuli which brings about stimulus substitution: Classical Conditioning‚ CC‚ Pavlov and the encoding of consequences: Operant Conditioning‚ OC‚ Skinner (Grivas et al. 1999: 346-349). This essay will compare and contrast the two learning
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Running Head: Bereavement Support for Older Adults Six Session Group: Bereavement Support for Older Adults Bereavement Support for Older Adults Purpose: To create a safe environment for people to express his or her feelings of grief which will hopefully enable them to reconcile his or her loss and begin to reinvest in life by learning through educational support‚ coping tools in the absence of a loved one Group Goals/Objectives: To foster self-awareness‚ healing‚ new friends‚ sense
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My perception of the older adult has been somewhat influenced by society. Society’s view is that older people need special treatment because of their poor health‚ lack of income‚ or because they lack social support. Therefore‚ they feel that the older adult needs extra help. At times I do feel the same way‚ but my view is more geared to what is called "compassionate stereotyping". This stereotype attempts to create sympathy for older people‚ but it doesn’t give a true picture of later life. See‚
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Older adults often work with their spouses who need to be cared for due to long term illnesses up until their death‚ as well as grandchildren and foster children. Many older people take care of their grandchildren because their own children have to go to work or because they have been granted custody due to abuse or incarceration of their children. Many older people who have been given the responsibility of raising another child so late in their life are faced with additional health issues‚ psychological
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