Following the completion of this chapter, students will be able to: - Define life expectancy and longevity, explaining commonalties and differences between them.
- Discuss the projected limits of the human life span as they are explained by biologically-based and lifestyle-based theories.
- Describe the relationship between quality of life and longevity.
- List and explain the characteristics of three genetic-programming and six variable-rate theories.
- Define biomarkers and describe their influence on longevity.
- Describe changes in physical appearance associated with aging and describe how the impact of these characteristics influences the aging person.
- Describe age-related changes in eye structure and function due to age and disease, and discuss therapeutic and compensatory strategies used by aging persons.
- Identify typical age-related losses in hearing and discuss compensatory strategies for adjusting to them.
- Discuss how losses in taste, smell, and touch affect older men and women.
- Describe age-related changes in muscular strength, muscle mass, and endurance for men and women.
- Discuss how changes in reaction time and coordination affect the lives of older persons.
- Identify and describe female reproductive system patterns and changes that occur during middle age, and explain therapeutic procedures followed to promote physical and psychological health.
- Discuss the cross-cultural research on menopause and the differences in perspective expressed by menopausal women in Western and Eastern cultures.
- Describe male menopause and explain the similarities and differences between male and female responses to menopause.
- Discuss the continuity and change that occur in sexual relationships for older adults.
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