LATE ADULTHOOD

LATE ADULTHOOD IS EFFECTED BY MANY COGNITIVE CHANGES THAT INCLUDE:

• Memory
• Wisdom
• Information processing

MEMORY

LOSING MEMORY INVOLVES:

• Problems with recollection
• Source memory
• Primary short term memory
• Episodic memory

DECLINES IN PROCESSING MEMORY OCCUR IN THREE STEPS:

• Encoding information
• Storing the information in long term memory
• Retrieving the information for later use

WISDOM

WHAT IS WISDOM?

• Reflects understanding
• Is knowledge blended with values
• Involves balance of intelligence And creativity

WISDOM ALSO RELATES TO PROBLEM SOLVING LIFE PROBLEMS LIKE:

• Factual knowledge
• Understanding relevance of context
• Understanding relevance of value
• Recognition on how to make decisions

THERE ARE THREE BROAD CATEGORIES WHEN IT COMES TO WISDOM

PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES

• Focus more on the history of wisdom

IMPLICIT THEORETICAL APPROACHES

• The study of wisdom that investigates common understanding

EXPLICIT THEORETICAL APPROACHES

• Seek the study of wisdom in an objective and scientific way

INFORMATION PROCESSING

THE INFORMATION PROCESSING :

• Declines in the speed of cognitive processing
• Speed of processing and the ability to control what one pays attention to
• take up longer periods of time to generate and think about alternatives and options
• decline in dimension because the information that fuels this aspect of intelligence

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