University:
University of Virginia
Course:
PSYC 1010 | Introductory Psychology
Academic year:

2024
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232

Pages:

2
Author:

Kayli N.

Late adulthood (60-70s) Psychosocial (Erik Erikson) ● Integrity vs. Despair (crisis): ● as people age, people look back on life and review ○ Ego Integrity: sense of wholeness of a full life, letting go of regrets ○ If content and proud: have ego and integrity ○ If have many regrets and unfinished: despair Theories of Aging: - none of fully right or wrong, why and what causes aging process ● Cellular Clock Theory: ○ cells are limited in amount they can repair and reproduces ○ If Telomeres shorten over time, then they can't repair and cause aging ● Wear and Tear Theory: ○ Outside influences (stress, physical exertion, bodily damage wear down organs and tissues with repeated use and abuse ○ Collagen: natural elastic tissue for skin to be flexible wears out and becomes less stretchy so skin starts to sag and wrinkle ● Free-Radical Theory: ○ biological wear and tear of cells over time ○ Free Radicals: O2 with unstable electron that bounce around cell and steal electrons which increases structure damage inside cell ■ More free radicals over time = more damage and aging effects ● Activity Theory: ○ remaining activity protects individual and slow down aging ○ If someone leaves their community, it slows it down, senior home ○ Older people are no longer involved in their community because they are not asked to take part Death & Dying: Elizabeth Kubler Ross ● 5 Stages of Reactions when Faced with Death: out of order, can bounce back ○ Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance ○ Acroymn DABDA Death in Other Cultures: ● Western: person is either dead or alive ● Cheyenne Natives: death is considered at the end of physical body while the self and one’s nature persists ○ leaving result is walk/communicate. Second is loss of senses, consciousness, then breathing. Last is life principle which stays in skeleton until bones turn to dust. BU the bones can become alive again ● Navajo: dead in the underworld but can revisit the living overworld. This is feared so they try to avoid death. Only few can touch the body with only 2 close relatives by side to limit risk exposure to evil spirits. If dies in home, home is destroyed by naked men with ashes for protection and burial is done with 4 men very quickly with all their belongings and footprints are swept away and tools used are destroyed ● Hinduism: many people and family surrounds the dying person. Lots of funeral preparations with lots of visitors, food. Their soul will be reincarnated either at a higher or lower level of status depending on how they lived their life