North Seattle Community College's

PSYCHOLOGY 200 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Instructor: Nancy Jago Finley, nfinle@sccd.ctc.edu

CHAPTER TWENTY THREE ESSAY QUESTIONS

PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Complete one of the case study exercises for this chapter found on the companion website for our text.

2. Many older adults are distressed by sleep problems associated with aging. Develop a profile of the typical sleep patterns in the older adult and offer several ways of addressing their sleep problems through selective optimization with compensation.

3. What are the four factors that are involved in older adults’ compensation for sensory loss and aging organs? Provide an example of each.