PSY 402 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Biopsychosocial Model, Circulatory System, Baby Boomers

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Chapter 1: themes and issues in adult development and. Aging: from the second you are born, the aging process begins, this chapter (cid:224) talks about the ways individuals can affect their own aging process, such as through incorporating behaviours and activities designed to maintain high levels of functioning well into the later decades of life, the biopsychosocial perspective, the biopsychosocial perspective. Social processes of aging (cid:224) include indicators of your position within various social structures in the family, community, culture, country, and the world: the biopsychosocial model implies that fields such as biology, medicine, nursing, sociology, and even the arts, provide crucial perspectives to enhance the understanding of the psychology of adulthood and aging, 4 principles of adult development and. Aging: changes are continuous over the lifespan, changes that occur in later adulthood build on what has occurred during one"s past. They choose to refrain from engaging in actions that could bring them harm or get them arrested.