Psychology Field Journal to 02.06 Aging
What were the most significant findings in each study?
Study 1- Women surprisingly in this study did not see old age and people as a curse but found them interesting and fun to deal with. Women showed positive interactions with interactions with elders and also care for them more like for example if the elder would be going through hard times the women would adopt those feelings as well. Men had negative or docile reactions to old age seeing as an oncoming problem in the future and kept interactions with elderly at a low. With pictures and drawings men were more likely to draw old men with canes and supporters with old and tired figures. While the women were more positive with seeing it as a time to have fun and relax together. We grasped from this study that even though women respond more positively than man with old age we also see that they have more anxiety towards it also.
Study 2- With elderly people many people have negative responses towards how they feel getting old. Some say getting old is like draining your self not having the same energy and chances to do things as before, while others say its like a strength because it feels good to grow old it has great pride for getting this far. We see time has a stronger viewpoint than ever before with people thinking as time is more limited or others feel there out of pace with it going too fast or too slow. Lastly we see how family and interactions affect the elderly with the growing of family elderly feel more happy that their children are making grandchildren and how often they visit and how well connected they are with their family. While sadly others feel unloved and lonely because of loved ones that had died or how family never seems to vist and other various reasons.
How did the authors approach the study of aging differently?
They authors took this differently