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Understanding Biopsychosocial Development and Aging in Middle Adulthood

This chapter explores the biopsychosocial aspects of development in middle adulthood, focusing on significant aging types and health implications. Primary aging includes menopause and physiological changes like reduced estrogen, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. Secondary aging relates to lifestyle factors such as smoking and diet, which can exacerbate health decline. The text discusses the concept of disability in older adults, emphasizing the inevitability of physical and mental challenges, alongside measuring health through QALYs and DALYs to inform social policies.

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Understanding Biopsychosocial Development and Aging in Middle Adulthood

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  1. Chapter 20 Biolosocial Development inMiddle Adulthood Michael Hoerger

  2. Types of Aging Primary • Menopause: 1 year after last menstrual period • Reduced estrogen  Osteoporosis, brittle bones due to loss of calcium • Increased fat in arteries  heart disease Secondary • Smoking, drinking, having a poor diet, failing to exercise

  3. Disability • 50% of people over 75 • Long-term difficulties performing normal activities, due to a physical/mental condition • Temporarily able-bodied (TABs): • Eventually everyone will be disabled (or dead) • Every ability you currently have will someday be gone

  4. Measuring Health • Life years • Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) • Opposite of QALY • Social policy involves trying to maximize QALYs per dollar

  5. Michael Hoerger To cite this textbook: • Berger, K. (2005). The developing person through the lifespan. New York: Worth. To cite this lecture: • Hoerger, M. (2007, April 4). Developmental Psychology: Middle Adulthood Biosocial Development. Presented at a PSY 220 lecture at Central Michigan University.

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