Aging is an inevitable quality of life no matter how much it is dreaded, feared, and prevented. It is common for people to attempt to stay young as long as possible whether it is in ways related to appearance, habits, or even interests. The will to stay young is only the beginning of the many trends that express themselves during Erikson’s last stage of development “Integrity vs. Isolation”. Through observation of tendencies in behavior, performance, and development of individuals in this life stage there are many physical, psychological, and sociological expected norms. While every person was still created with their own personality and to be unique, people develop in most of the same ways and at close to the same rate.
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Isolation” life stage experience some physical changes in their old age. The elderly can still possess the social skills they had when they were younger and function and influence the way that they did before age affected their brains. Contrary to this fact, adults are more susceptible to illness and are more likely to become chronically ill because of their age and weakening ability to find infections and viruses. Adults in late adulthood life stage also experience a drastic change in their senses. Many adults have impaired vision, hearing, and sensitivity in touch and pain. The elderly are also more prone to accidents as they are the sixth leading cause of death for people over sixty five. People in late adulthood also experience many psychological changes during aging. First, the brain begins to shrink and slow causing a varying degree of deterioration to structures of the brain such as the frontal lobe, neurons, and the hippocampus. This causes a negative effect on memory, reason, and senses. Despite this, the brain is very adaptive with a remarkable capability to repair. The elderly can still possess the social skills they had when they were younger and function and influence the way that they did before age affected their
Expected Norms of …show more content…
Isolation” life stage experience some physical changes in their old age. The elderly can still possess the social skills they had when they were younger and function and influence the way that they did before age affected their brains. Contrary to this fact, adults are more susceptible to illness and are more likely to become chronically ill because of their age and weakening ability to find infections and viruses. Adults in late adulthood life stage also experience a drastic change in their senses. Many adults have impaired vision, hearing, and sensitivity in touch and pain. The elderly are also more prone to accidents as they are the sixth leading cause of death for people over sixty five. People in late adulthood also experience many psychological changes during aging. First, the brain begins to shrink and slow causing a varying degree of deterioration to structures of the brain such as the frontal lobe, neurons, and the hippocampus. This causes a negative effect on memory, reason, and senses. Despite this, the brain is very adaptive with a remarkable capability to repair. The elderly can still possess the social skills they had when they were younger and function and influence the way that they did before age affected their