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Gerentology
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Study of Aging
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4 key features of the life span perspective
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Multi Directional, plasticity, Historical context, multiple causation.
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Multi Directional
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Always gaining and losing
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Plasticity
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Abilites are changeable (may have limits)
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Historical context
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Time and place where we grow up
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Mulitple causation
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Influenced by 4 fources working together
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4 forces of development
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Biological forces, psychology forces, sociocultural, life cycle forces
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Biological forces
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Genes, physical, biological
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Psychology forces
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Personality and temperment
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Sociocultural forces
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Race, sex, country of origin, goverment of time.
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Life cycle forces
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Events have a different impact.
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Normative age
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Things that happen to everyone (puberty)
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Normative History:
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Examples Great Depression, September 11th
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Nonnormative
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Examples car accidents, death
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Primary Aging
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Inevitable aging and disease free
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