FRHD 2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paul Baltes, Adult Development, Ageism
5 Apr 2018
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Why study aging: understand the goals of gerontology, understand ageism and related stereotypes, understand lifespan perspectives, realistic for the characteristic of canadian population. Pearl jam: elderly woman behind the counter, example of a reference to aging, change is inevitable, woman has a hard time recalling memories. Gerontology: the study of aging from maturity through to old age: myths of aging lead to negative stereotypes of older people ->ageism, old people are bad drivers etc. Life-span perspective two phases: 1. Later phase (young adulthood, middle age, old age: 4 keys features of the life-span perspective (paul baltes) One"s capacity is not predetermined or set in concrete. Many skills can be learned/improved with practice, even late in life. Development within a particular set of circumstances determined by the historical time in which we are born and the culture in which we grow up.
