Developmental Psychology

Limiting physical activities due to health risks

Maintaining active roles and engagements in society

Isolating themselves from society

Focusing solely on retirement planning

Dementia is no longer considered a normal part of aging but rather a disease process.

Dementia was originally thought to be an infectious disease but is now seen as psychological disorder.

Understanding has moved from seeing it as hereditary to believing it's caused by lifestyle factors.

Society moved from considering dementia incurable to finding effective treatments for it.

Asking retirees to recall memories from when they were still working.

Analyzing retirees' spending habits relative to their income levels before retirement.

Giving retirees puzzles and observing how they solve them before and after retirement.

Using a mixed-method approach, combining surveys for quantifiable data and interviews for qualitative insight from pre-retirement through post-retirement phases.

Guaranteeing anonymity to all participants

Ensuring informed consent is fully understood and voluntary

Providing debriefing sessions after the experiment

Offering compensation for participation in the study

Limiting participant involvement based on the severity of disease progress.

Making sure the results support existing theories about Alzheimer's disease

Avoiding open conversation about Alzheimer's due to potential emotional discomfort.

Ensuring respectful treatment of participants who may have impaired decision-making abilities due to their condition.

Adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood

Emerging Adulthood, mid-life crisis, old age

Early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood

Adolescence, emerging adulthood, late adulthood

Crystallized intelligence

Fluid intelligence

Processing speed

Working memory

Formation of Identity Concept

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Information Processing Theory

Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

Older people focus more on positive experiences to maintain emotional wellbeing.

Increased neuroticism and decreased openness characterize emotionality in aging.

Emotional stability decreases as people age due to social isolation.

Aging results in diminished emotional responsiveness due to cognitive decline.

"They prioritize meaningful relationships over acquiring new social contacts."

"They spend more time alone due to decreased social energy levels."

"They engage more frequently in conflictual interactions."

"They show increased preference for novel experiences."