01:830:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Baby Talk, Visual Impairment, Osteoporosis

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:101
• Professor: L.Jacobs

Document Summary

A condescending way of speaking to older adults that resembles baby talk, with short and simple sentences, exaggerated emphasis, repetition, and a slower rate and higher pitch than used in normal speech. Higher frequencies are harder for the elderly to hear, stretching out words makes comprehension worse, shouting causes anxiety, and simplified vocabulary reduces the precision of language. Classification of old age (young-old, old-old, and oldest old) Are healthy, active, financially secure, and independent. Suffer some losses in body, mind, or social support, but take pride in self-care. Every compensatory strategy involves personal choice, societal practices, and technological options. Selective compensation occurs on many levels -- microsystem, macrosystem, and exosystem. Three examples include sexual intercourse, driving, and senses. Most people remain sexually active throughout adulthood; intercourse generally becomes less frequent; other behaviors become important. Married couples adjust to whatever biological changes occur in their sexual arousal, but many also improve their relationship in the process.