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Assignment: Read Chapters 11 & 12 of Adult Development and Aging.

Essays III

Your assignment must illustrate knowledge of the concepts through an original personal and/or professional integration of the assigned text material. This assignment MUST be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and must be written at graduate level English. When relevant, culture specific and legal/ethical issues must be considered. Please integrate the material presented in the text into your discussion with proper citations following APA format.

1. What are the common features or dimensions shared by models of adult child-parent, grandparent, and sibling relationship?

2. What is the possible relationship of identity processes to the decision to retire and adjustment to retirement of people who (a) undergo forced layoffs vs. (b) make a voluntary decision to retire?

3. What happens to an older person with delirium or amnesia who is misdiagnosed with Alzheimer's disease? How can clinicians avoid making errors in diagnosing disorders that look like dementia?

4. Summarize the prevalence and etiological theories of substance abuse disorders in adulthood.

5. Discuss the implications of the competence-press model for the design of nursing home environments. How would you put this model into practice if you were a psychologist consulting in a nursing home?

Your response to each question should be 1 page per question. Your assignment should be 4-5 pages total plus a title and reference page.

Assignment Outcomes

• Explore models of adult development

• Analyze problems of cognition, memory and attention in adulthood

• Identify the physical, emotional and mental health issues associated with aging

• Distinguish factors that promote successful aging

• Formulate legal and ethical issues including elderly abuse reporting

• Recognize cultural aspects of aging, death and dying

• Analyze evidence based developmental research