unit 9 pages 336-341
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Unit 9 Pages 336-341. By: Nic , Evan, and Austin. Sections:. Late Adulthood – Define Ageism, explain why we age and die. Cognitive Development – Describe Piaget’s Theory Preoperational Stage. Aging. Physical changes happen after middle age to the heart, arteries, and sensory receptors. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UNIT 9 PAGES 336-341
By: Nic, Evan, and Austin
SECTIONS:
Late Adulthood – Define
Ageism, explain why we age
and die.
Cognitive Development –
Describe Piaget’s Theory
Preoperational Stage
AGING
Physical changes happen after middle age to the heart, arteries, and sensory
receptors.
Heart changes by pumping out less blood and arteries stiffen creating high blood
pressure.
Sensory receptors gradually get worse. Hearing, eyesight, smell and taste all get
worse.
Forgetfulness is not a part of natural aging, usually apart of a degenerative
disorder.
However processing speed is slowed down. Like a filing cabinet, the more
cabinets, the longer it takes
Older people excel in college classes due to previous knowledge.
AGEISM: WHAT IS IT?
Discrimination towards someone because of their age.
Older people are portrayed negatively because of previously
listed physical changes.
Some negative portrayals of older people include:
- Balding
- Wrinkly Skin
- Saggy Skin
- No Mobility
PIAGET’S THEORY: CHILDREN ARE NOT MINIATURE ADULTS
Piaget demonstrated that a child’s
intellectual growth happens in stages, starting
at a very primitive level and improving
intellectually.
Early psychologists focused very little on
developmental psychology.
SCHEMAS, ASSIMILATION AND ACCOMMODATION
Schemas are the simplest ideas our brains process, they
are just basic patterns in our environment that we pick up.
Things like crawling, parents, and toys are all schemas.
Assimilation is the use of schemas in new situations, like
using the crawling schema to crawl up a stairway.
Accommodation occurs when an existing idea is changed
to fit new facts.
THE PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
Preoperational thinking is the time when a child
lacks operations, reversible, mental processes.
Egocentrism is when a child has limited abilities in
distinguishing between his or her own perspective
and someone else’s.
Animistic thinking is where someone thinks objects
have feelings, motives, and intentions.
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