Stereotype matching
Judging how well an individual fits certain stereotype?
Awareness of age-related change
Change due to age. Related to subjective view of loss and gains of age
Psychological pathways
Physiological pathways
Behavioural pathways
Due to age stereotypes
Self-fulfillment prophecy.
Stereotypes lead to stress, leads to worse physical health
Positive age stereotypes engage in more preventative and healthy behaviours so they are more healthy
8 Life stages
Infancy
Early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
Early adulthood
Middle adulthood
Early late Adulthoof
Late late Adulthood
According to the life-stages chapter, there are three overarching areas of lifestages
Groth, maintanance, decline
Aquisition, specialization, integration
The chapter about life stages discuss 3 approaches to determine when a life stage starts or ends
Structural conception
qualitative changes in competence. Things are done substantially different than before
Maturation conception
stages determined by biological changes in maturation or decline
Sociocultural conception
life stage changes with role and tasks in society
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