Psychology of Old Age : a general reviewDr. Avinash De Sousa
of the psychology of aging had already begun by the end of the 19th century when, under the influence of C. Darwin’s theory of evolution, child psychology began to be firmly established. The psychophysiology of aging and of old age has taken shape from the development of geronto-psychology...
the negative effect of ourgenesbecomes more apparent as there isno evolutionary benefitin prolonging our lifespans. But modern medicine has changed this greatly, the lifespan has increased and we’re seeing more age-related health problems as a result; the decline is seen in everything from cog...
The points of reference of normality and health have been placed firmly in young adulthood. Old age has lost the value it once had. When life was more stable than it is now and technology did not change the way people lived each new generation, older people acted as the community's reser...
This study demonstrates significant benefits of spacing over massed learning on 11–12-year-old students’ mathematics knowledge. Article Google Scholar Vlach, H. A. & Sandhofer, C. M. Distributing learning over time: the spacing effect in children’s acquisition and generalization of science ...
Many studies have shown the negative impact of lockdowns on adolescents, but there is less evidence on how they are affected by other stages of the COVID-1
Later life;Old age;Survival Definition Longevity denotes especially long-lived members of a population. It is separated from life expectancy which focuses on the likely mean age of death within a population. Introduction There is no overarching theory of aging and longevity or a specific psychologic...
W. L. Large-scale data from wearables reveal regional disparities in sleep patterns that persist across age and sex. Sci. Rep. 9, 3415 (2019). This is the largest objective assessment of young people’s sleep, and includes a comparative analysis of regions, gender and changes across the ...
through age 21), school psychologists are employed in schools;community mental healthand other agencies; alternative education,juvenile justice, and prison settings; hospital andpsychiatric treatmentfacilities; private practice; in universities; and in other more-specialized settings. In many of these sett...
The reappearance of certain infant reflexes in adults may be a sign of serious brain damage. Even when reared apart, identical twins resemble each other more closely than frater- nal twins in their IQ scores, numerous person- ality traits, and even their age at first sexual intercourse. A ...