Reference no: EM133413014
Case Study: Middle to Late Adulthood Interview, The Basics:
Who did you interview?
Why did you choose this person?
Include a summary of the person (name, age, relation to you, occupation) and their life (childhood,
adolescence, young adulthood, family, work, employment, education)
2. Overview:
Biological changes (vision, skin, hair, strength, weight gain, health, lifestyle factors).
Cognitive changes (memory, expertise, job/career, practical problem solving, learning new
languages, learning technology, wisdom).
Socioemotional changes (relationship, married or single, divorced, if
parent--where at in family stage, importance of friendships).
3. Personal Reaction:
Questions:
- What did you learn in general about interviewing an older person?
- What did you learn about aging?
- What were your expectations of how the interview would be? Were they realized?
- Did the interviewee conform to stereotypes about aging?
- Did anything in the interview surprise you?
- Did you relate to anything the interviewee discussed?
- Do you think you'll be like the person you interviewed when you get older?
- What was the highlight of the interview?