Experiencing The Lifespan JANET BELSKY Experiencing The Lifespan 3rd edition Chapter 13: Later Life: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Figure 13.1 Predicted median age of the population, selected countries, in 2015 and 2030: Soon, the median age of the population—the point at which half the people are younger and half are older—will be 45-plus in Italy, Germany, and Japan. Also, notice how high the median ages in these nations will be in 2030. How do you think living in these “most-aged nations” will affect residents’ daily lives? JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Table 13.1 Is It True about the Elderly? JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Figure 13.2 Frontal lobe activation in young (left) and older adults (right) in a memory study: In this fMRI study, researchers measured activation in the frontal lobes when older and younger adults were given a relatively easy laboratory memory task. Notice on the left photo that, while regions of the left hemisphere alone are activated in young adults, the older brains (right image) are working harder to master this task—as here activation occurs in both brain hemispheres. JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Table 13.2 Examples of the Differences Among Procedural, Semantic, and Episodic Memory JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Table 13.3 Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages and Tasks JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Figure 13.3 Retirement worries from polls taken in selected European nations, during the early twenty-first century: The message here is that, during the first decade of the twenty-first century, retirement anxieties were intense in impoverished Portugal and Eastern European nations, where people can’t count on their government to help float a decent old age—meaning that unfortunately, due to the current European economic crisis, these fears might be generally more intense today. JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Table 13.4 Four Questions to Ask to Predict If a Relative Will Be Happy as a Retiree: A Section Summary JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers

Table 13.5 Advice for Surviving Widowhood: A Summary Table JANET BELSKY Copyright © 2013, 2011 by Worth Publishers