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Essay Instructions: For your assessment for this course, your task is to evaluate each of these forces and explain how they individually and collectively influence cognitive functioning in the eldery. In using the outline below, please prepare 8-10 page paper analyzing the psychology of aging, and the multi-faceted nature of cognitive functionig in the elderly.

Part1- Into to the Psychology of Aging

Part ll-Theories of Aging

Part lll- The Physical Dimension

Part lV- The Cognitive Dimension

Part V- The Social Dimension

Part Vl- Recommendations for Healthy Aging

Part Vll- Conclusion

Musts use as least 5 sources to support their analysis.

Writing the Final Paper

Must double-spaced pages in length and formatted according to APA style
Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
MUST USE AT LEAST FIVE PROFESSIONAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING A MINIMUM OF TWO FROM PROQUEST.
Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide
Must include, on the final page, a References Page that is completed according to APA style.

Essay Instructions: This is to be a personal perspective paper based on the following: find liiteratue that supports or opposes my experience.(yours). This is an Applied Psychology course./ Useobservation and insights as to how I am affected on how psychology applies to me in mind/body and social contexts. In this case I wish to concetrate on the psychology of aging in those contexts with perhaps some psychological insight on how to deal with the process of aging. I am speaking of agee 55 up. Again, mind, body, and social contexts. Some items to be covered may be financial difficulties and how the affect older people, health problems and their effect, Widowhood and it's impact.
Coming to grips with the reality of dying becoming more probable all the time. Remember please this is an applied psychology course.. I am looking for scholarly literature to back up observations.

Essay Instructions: The completed final paper will be typed (5 full pages of text not including cover and works cited pages, double-spaced, 12-pt font) using Microsoft Word and MLA or APA style references.

?Societies View's of the Aging Populace?


I. Introduction
1. Society and the need for perfection.
2. The correlation and differences of certain ?ism's?

II. Body
1. To what lengths western society will go to to maintain a youthful image.
2. How Racism and Sexism differ from Agism.

III. Conclusions
1. Intervention by everyday people and corporations to eliminate ?ism's?.
2. How parenting can instill a mind set of good perspective's toward the elderly or anyone different from themselves.
Psychology of Aging
Resources


Research Paper References:


Wold, Gloria Hoffmann; Basic Geriatic Nursing: Second Edition, Mosby 1999

Barry, Dave; Dave Barry Turns 40: Ballantine 1990

Blake, Toni; Enduring Issues in Psychology: Greenhaven 1995

Nuland, Sherwin B.; The Art of Aging: First Edition, Random House 2007

Ephron, Nora; I Feel Bad About My Neck: Vintage Books 2006

Henry, Stella Mora; The Eldercare Handbook, Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions:
First Edition Harper Collins 2006

Johnson, Barbara; Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death: Word Publishing 1997

Whyte, John; Is This Normal?, The Essential Guide to Middle Age and Beyond: Rodale 2011

Mcgraw, Robin; What's Age Got To Do With It?:Thomas Nelson 2010

Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff; How Did I Become My Parent's Parent?: Penguin 1996

Bolton, Martha; Didn't My Skin Used To Fit?: Bethany House Publishers 2000

Martz, Sandra; When I Am An Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple: Papier-Mache Press 1991

Tauber, Michelle et al.; People Magizine February 13, 2012

Venable, Sam; You Gotta Laugh to Keep From Cryin':
The University of Tennessee Knoxville Press 2003

Snowdon, David; Aging With Grace: Bantam 2001

R.E.A.D.S.; Tennessee Electronic Library

TEL Tennessee Electroinc Library www.tntel.info
Interpreting the Aging Self: Personal Journals of Later Life; Robert Kastenbaum; 1991; The Gerontologist; v37

I will also be pulling from other Journal's from TEL
It doesn't have to be these references, just wanted to give an idea of kind of the direction I was going in. ie. using a wide variety... Pin-point the influence tabloid / cultural / pressure to stay young looking plays in society's view of aging.
I prefer a female writer.