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Ch. 8 – Middle Adulthood

1. Read about the two concepts called Primary and Secondary Aging. Then discuss for this answer how you are subjecting yourself to secondary aging. If you are aren’t, good for you, and instead describe how you are doing good things for your body and mind these days. Be honest.

2 and 3. Read the section titled Physical Changes, and learn from the sentence that says aging “is largely determined by your genes” by going to this website (copy and paste the address)
https://www.genome.gov/human-genome-project/Completion-FAQ
Scroll through the list of Frequently Asked Questions for the US Genome Project, and pick two questions. Then summarize what each says for these two answers. Be sure to write the questions you picked.

4. Go to Google Images and type in ‘age related changes to the eye’, scroll down and pick one of the drawings showing an eye problem. DO NOT just draw a normal eye. This drawing must be of a dysfunctioning eye. Be sure to include labels.

5. In the section about cancer, read through that and for this answer, summarize the mechanism of cancerous cells. In other words, how does cancer kill?

6. From Figure 8.8, page 316, write four separate sentences that describe any of the information seen in the graph. For example, you could say that, about 15% or less of the population has diabetes. Be sure each sentence is a separate idea.

7. First read through the section on Sleep, and then look up and watch a YouTube video on Sleep During Middle Age, and summarize what you learn for this answer.

8. Check out the graph in Figure 8.18 and on the right side, notice the six categories of mental functioning/cognitive abilities. Which one ends up dropping off the most? Then for each category, look it up and write a definition of it for this answer.

Ch. 9 Late Adulthood

1. Check out Table 9.2 on page 372. For this answer, convert the information on this Table to graph form, much like the one from Ch. 8 on page 330, titled Figure 8.18 Seattle Longitudinal Study ages 25 to 88. Hint: The x-axis could be labeled ‘Year’.

2. Use the information on page 373, and answer the question, What do you think the lady in Figure 9.1 is thinking about? And don’t say, I don’t know. Be creative, thoughtful and make sure your answer is sensible coming from an older person.

3. Read through the paragraphs in the section titled Gender Differences in Life Expectancy. Then summarize the two explanations. Then also answer, which of these two explanations do you think will be the cause of your own death, many years from now? Be introspective, curious, and make sure your answer is based on your lifestyle.

4. Read through the Cellular Clock Theory of aging, and then look up and watch a YouTube video on the subject. Summarize all that for this answer.

5. Read the section on Physical Changes of Aging. Then draw two pictures. One is of your face now, and the other is your face when you are 80 years old.

6. Summarize the paragraph titled Heart Disease in the section titled Chronic Conditions. Then look up a YouTube video on ‘Stroke vs. Heart Attack’, and summarize what you learn from it.

7. There is a program for older folks that will help them keep their brain sharp. It is called ACTIVE
(Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly). Watch a YouTube video on it, and then come up with your own activity for older folks to help keep their brain in top condition for someone their age. For example, some kind of program where they learn to help care for large animals.

8. Read through and summarize the section titled Prospective Memory. Then make two short lists of things you need to remember to do, one titled Time-based prospective memories, and the other called Event-based prospective memories.

Ch. 10 – Death and Dying

1. Summarize the meaning of Social Death, and then come up with three of your own Rescue Therapies that would help people with this condition feel better about being alive, and maintaining a good attitude.

2. Read through the eight types of Developmental Perceptions of Death and Death Anxiety on pages 448-449. Then explain your sense of what death means in terms of yourself and others/loved ones.

3. Read through the section on Palliative Care, and then look up and watch a YouTube video on ‘Palliative care for family members’, and summarize what you learned for this answer.

4. After reading the section titled Euthanasia, describe if you think it is okay for people to choose this for themselves if…
a) they have a terminal disease, b) they are severely depressed, and c) they think the afterlife will be fun/cool/interesting.

5. For each of the Five Stages of Grief, make up a quote from an imaginary dying person who is in this Stage. You’ll have five quotes for this answer.

6. Look up a YouTube video on Green Burials, and in addition to summarizing what you learn, provide your opinion on the subject.

7. Describe what you would like to have done with your body after you…well, you know…die. And pretend there will be a tombstone for you. Write a brief sentence here of what you want written on it.

8. On a more cheerful note, describe your favorite topic from this class, and why you liked it.