CYAF 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Implicit Memory, Episodic Memory
24 Apr 2017
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Status is based on age: western culture views becoming favorable. Elderly: slow, senile, useless, grumpy: more positive representation in media (78%) Oldest-old (age 84 and up) at a higher risk for wide range of problems. Dif culty performing activites of daily (adls) - bathing, dressing, eating, walking, transferring out of bed or a chair, and using the toilet. Dif culty performing instrumental activites of daily living (ladls) - preparing meals, shopping, using the telephone, managing money, and taking medications: women > men. Unhealthy diet, insuf cient exercises, substance abuse, environmental in uences. Macular degeneration- the loss of clarity in the center of the vision. Tinnitus - hearing ringing or buzzing sound with no external source. Decline in the number of taste buds on the tongue. Sleep apnea (over 50% of adults over 65) Developing a regular time of sleeping and waking and avoiding alcohol or caffeine are recommended. Aquatic and land exercises: medication; arti cial joints.
