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Human Development
Notes for 2nd Exam
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Here is the last true/false question. I don’t know why he just didn’t give it to us last week; he must have thought he was done.

The health and socioeconomic status of older people compared to younger people in the year 2020 will probably be about the same as now. False (will be better, not the same)

Know the following from the text:

Social Class
Secular Trend
Different parenting styles and their effects on school outcomes.
What type of parenting is best for teens.
Bulimia
Anorexia
Brain growth in young adulthood
Brain maturation
Inhibition control
The research on early and late maturity during adolescence.
Locus of control
The difference between primary and secondary aging. (primary = biological, secondary = environment)
Effects of aging
Research on teen pregnancy


Lecture Notes:

Anxiety and mood disorders are the most common mental disorders affecting young adults.

In US, the overall teen pregnancy rate is 50 per 1000 teens.

Girls attempt suicide more, boys complete suicide more. (Double check this in book)

85% of US high school students receive a diploma.

The mortality rate for males is higher than for females throughout adulthood because males are culturally conditioned to ignore pain that may be a symptom of disease.

The weight gain common among older people is mainly caused by maintaining caloric intake despite lessened activity.

The wear and tear theory of aging suggests that the aging process is caused by internal cellular processes.

Many of the memory problems that some older people suffer are side effects of prescription medications.

Alzheimer disease is a progressive deterioration of brain cells especially in the cerebral cortex.

Life satisfaction among older people is most related to health and openness to new experiences.

Women with a continuous work history may adjust more easily to retirement because they have more economic security.

In nearly every age group there are almost 5x as many widows as widowers.

Widowers are more likely than widows to remarry because there are more available older women then older men in society.

The age group with the largest proportion of suicides is 65 and older. (This is a skewed report because they are comparing 5 years of adolescence to 25 + years of old age.)

In the past, death usually occurred in the home. Today death usually occurs in hospitals.

In the past preparation for death and burial was handled by family members. Today it is handled by professionals.

Hospice is a residence for terminally ill people to live out their days as independently and painlessly as possible with emotional support.

Active euthanasia: steps to bring about a premature death.

Passive euthanasia involved hastening death by removal of life support equipment.