PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter #20: Field Experiment

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 111
• Professor: Marion Perlmutter

Document Summary

Original author(s): e. j langer & j rodin. Original title: the effects of choice and enhanced personal responsibility for the aged: Original place of publication: na: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Does lack of control cause health problems, along with psychological issues: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) Elderly people that are given more opportunities to make choices and have responsibility are more active. Elderly people that have more personal control experience positive behavior and attitudes. Elderly people that are given more responsibility and power are physically and emotionally more healthy: extensions of original study (list the 2 5 most important advances made by subsequent research in this area) Another study in germany proved that elderly people that experience a lack of freedom are more likely to experience emotional distress or depression. (krampe, 2003)