Five Ideas to Investigate
The changes of one’s social life as they get older.
The changes in an older adult’s memory.
Older adults have less regrets when looking back on their life and the changes in the way they handle difficult situations.
Negative stereotypes affect one’s perception on aging.
The sleeping patterns of an older adult and the physical activities they participate in.
Statement of Purpose
Older adults are a big interest in human development studies because as adults age a myriad of changes occur. Society is interested in these changes because they happen to everyone and knowing how to age ‘normally’ and healthily is very important. The purpose of this interview is to investigate how adults develop emotionally, physically, intellectually, socially and psychologically.
Methodology
The interviewee is 64 years old, female and currently residing in Aurora, …show more content…
The interviewee explained that in the past, when an emotional situation arose, she would be quick to blurt out some things, most of them inappropriate. She didn’t have as much control as she has now. Furthermore, with age, she has become more accepting and at ease with emotional situations so she’s more controlled over how she reacts and the appropriateness of her reaction.
When adults grow up in a society, surrounded by negative stereotypes of aging, it affects one’s personal thoughts (Levy, 2003). As they eventually fall into the senior category, they regard peers in the category with the same negative thoughts as the rest of society. The interviewee affirmed that society has negative stereotypes of older people. One negative stereotype, is that older people aren’t very interested and can’t do much. This affected her, because while getting older, she started worrying that people would treat her differently because of her age, and she became more understanding of older
The changes of one’s social life as they get older.
The changes in an older adult’s memory.
Older adults have less regrets when looking back on their life and the changes in the way they handle difficult situations.
Negative stereotypes affect one’s perception on aging.
The sleeping patterns of an older adult and the physical activities they participate in.
Statement of Purpose
Older adults are a big interest in human development studies because as adults age a myriad of changes occur. Society is interested in these changes because they happen to everyone and knowing how to age ‘normally’ and healthily is very important. The purpose of this interview is to investigate how adults develop emotionally, physically, intellectually, socially and psychologically.
Methodology
The interviewee is 64 years old, female and currently residing in Aurora, …show more content…
The interviewee explained that in the past, when an emotional situation arose, she would be quick to blurt out some things, most of them inappropriate. She didn’t have as much control as she has now. Furthermore, with age, she has become more accepting and at ease with emotional situations so she’s more controlled over how she reacts and the appropriateness of her reaction.
When adults grow up in a society, surrounded by negative stereotypes of aging, it affects one’s personal thoughts (Levy, 2003). As they eventually fall into the senior category, they regard peers in the category with the same negative thoughts as the rest of society. The interviewee affirmed that society has negative stereotypes of older people. One negative stereotype, is that older people aren’t very interested and can’t do much. This affected her, because while getting older, she started worrying that people would treat her differently because of her age, and she became more understanding of older