1. Module 06
Adulthood and Aging

2. Early Adulthood Transitions and the Social Clock
Module 6: Adult and Aging

3. Social Clock
The culturally (society’s) preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement
The “best” timing for certain life events
The timing varies from culture to culture.

4. Late Adulthood 65 and over Emerging Adulthood…
Periods of Adulthood
Early Adulthood
Middle Adulthood 36-64
Late Adulthood 65 and over
Emerging Adulthood…
Not adolescents but haven’t merged to adults
Developmental period between adolescence and adulthood

5. Physical Changes and Transitions: Middle Adulthood’s Physical Changes
Module 6: Adult and Aging

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Cosmetic battle against aging.

7. Menopause Natural timing for menstruation to end
Usually occurs between age 45 and 55
No equivalent for males
Does not usually lead to depression
Experience “Hot Flashes”
Decreased estrogen

8. Physical Changes and Transitions: Later Adulthood’s Physical Changes
Module 6: Adult and Aging

9. Exercise, other ways? The DECLINE…
Sight, smell and hearing = steep decline once we hit 65 years old.
Muscle strength
Stamina
Immune System weakens
Slower Neural pathways
Remain physically and mentally healthy
Exercise, other ways?

10. Physical Changes: Vision

11. Physical Changes: Sense of Smell

12. Physical Changes: Hearing

13. Physical Changes: Hearing

14. Physical Changes and Transitions: Diseases Related to Aging
Module 6: Adult and Aging

15. Alzheimer’s Disease
A progressive and irreversible brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and physical functioning
3% of worlds population by age 75
Test to partially determine developing disease?

16. Senile Dementia
The mental disintegration that accompanies alcoholism, tumor, stroke, aging, or Alzheimer's disease

17. Cognitive Changes and Transitions: Memory
Module 6: Adult and Aging

18. Aging and Memory…
Recall: tasks that give us no clues to jog our memories.
Better in younger adults
Recognition: a clue is provided which helps memory.

19. Cognitive Changes and Transitions: Intelligence
Module 6: Adult and Aging

20. One’s ability to reason speedily and abstractly
Fluid Intelligence
One’s ability to reason speedily and abstractly
Can be used to solve novel logic problems
Declines as people get older

21. Crystallized Intelligence
One’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills
Tends to increase with age

22. Age and Verbal/Nonverbal Intelligence

23. Social Changes and Transitions: Life’s Commitments
Module 6: Adult and Aging

24. Constructed an 8-stage theory of social development
Erik Erikson
Constructed an 8-stage theory of social development
Each stage has its own psychosocial developmental task.
The last 4 stages deal with Adolescence through late adulthood.

26. Most high school and college students aren’t sure of career goals.
Commitment to Work
Most high school and college students aren’t sure of career goals.
Happiness seems to be correlated with work that is challenging, provides a sense of accomplishment, and is interesting.

27. An important factor in adult happiness Lasting love includes:
Commitment to Love
An important factor in adult happiness
Lasting love includes:
Intimate self-disclosure
Shared emotional and material support
Similar interests and values

28. Commitment to Marriage
90% of the population gets married
50% divorce rate
75% of those who have divorced remarry

29. Commitment to Children
Investment of time, money & emotion
Potential disagreement on the division of labor with children; parental roles?

30. Not necessarily a negative event for couples
Empty Nest
The change married couples go through as a result of their children leaving home
Not necessarily a negative event for couples

31. A Lifetime of Well-Being
Module 6: Adult and Aging

32. Overall Life Satisfaction
The elderly are happy and satisfied with life.
People tend to mellow with age.
Most regrets: what the person didn’t do rather than mistakes they made in life.

33. Overall Life Satisfaction

34. Module 6: Adult and Aging
Death and Dying
Module 6: Adult and Aging

36. Reactions to death are different from culture to culture.
Attitudes toward death and dying are changing in the United States more openness facing death with dignity; hospice helps

37. The End

38. Memory and Aging
Play “Aging and Memory” (11:16) Segment #17 from The Mind: Psychology Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

39. Alzheimer’s & Dementia
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Losing the past.

40. Article with questions…
Alzheimer’s Disease
Article with questions…
Play “Alzheimer’s Disease” (7:06) Module #19 from The Brain: Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

41. Alzheimer’s Disease
Play “Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease” (11:40) Segment #19 from The Mind: Psychology Teaching Modules (2nd edition).

42. Adulthood
Play “Stages of Adult Development” (3:07) Segment #23 from Psychology: The Human Experience.
This segment is a good introduction to adulthood and the changes throughout life.
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