PSY313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Mortality Rate, Death Rattle, Dementia
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Biopsychosocial perspective on death and dying: biological: physical changes in cells, psychological: thoughts, emotions and behaviours, sociocultural: interpretation of the meaning of death and it is culturally different; social roles change with death. Expectation of aging vs actual experience of aging: the gap between expectation vs. reality is large, people predict they are worse than they actually are (expectation is worse than reality) Psychological resilience and optimism more important than objective determinants. Subjective wellbeing: the social indicator model suggests oa should be unhappier; i. e. widowed, financially poor, etc, the set-point perspective maintains that personality determines happiness levels, i. e. agreeableness, openness to experience > neuroticism in spite of physical decline. Creativity and aging: creativity: ability to generate ideas that are original, appropriate and have an impact on others. Involves the entire brain: one study showed that creativity peaks in mid-life then shows declines in older adulthood (dennis, 1966, rate of decline and peak varies by discipline, i. e. sciences vs arts.
