Humanities Homework Help

1. Life expectancy and birth rate

a. Differences between countries

2. When do people become concerned about memory

a. Differences in memory between older and younger people

b. Deficits in short-term (working) memory

c. Deficits in long-term memory

i. Declarative and procedural

ii. Semantic and episodic

3. Selective optimization with compensation

a. Techniques to optimize

4. Socioemotional selectivity theory

5. Stereotypes about older adults

6. Ego integrity vs. despair

7. Retirement in different countries: which countries have the best and worst retirement plans

8. Retirement

9. Widowhood and bereavement

10. Successful aging and the progression of normal aging changes

11. Mortality and morbidity; men vs. women

12. ADL impairments

13. Socioeconomic differences in aging

14. Presbyopia

15. Presbycucia

16. Reaction time and aging

17. Osteoporosis

18. Dementia

19. Housing alternatives for the elderly and problems with those options (including nursing homes)