День: 07.09.2015

Sensory Systems

LEARNING OBJECTIVES • What age-related changes happen in vision? • How does hearing change as people age? • What age-related changes occur in people’s senses of touch and balance? • What happens to taste and smell with increasing age? B ertha has attended Sunday services in her local AME (African Methodist Episcopal) church for 82 […]

Psychological Implications

The appearance of wrinkles, gray hair, fat, and the like can have major effects on a person’s self-concept (Aldwin & Gilmer, 2004) and reflect ageism in society (Clarke & Griffin, 2008). Middle-aged adults may still think of themselves as productive members of soci­ety and rebel against being made invisible (Clarke & Griffin, 2008). Because U. […]