PSYC 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ontogeny, Continuity Equation
25 Mar 2013
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Chapter 1: themes and issues in adult development and aging. Individuals remain the same" even though they change. Individuality matters (inter-individual differences: variability, or how differently people responded to the measures, was far greater in older adults than younger adults, as people age, they become more different from one another rather than more alike o. The multidirectionality of development not all systems develop at the same rate within the person. Normal aging is different from disease: three types of aging. Set of changes built into the hardwiring of the organism, which progress at different rates among individuals, but are nevertheless universal, intrinsic and progressive. Impaired secondary aging: changes due to disease. Abnormal set of changes affecting a segment rather than the entirety of the older population. Identity composite of how people view themselves in the biological, psychological and social domains of life interaction of these domains create an overall view of the self (p. 4)
