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PSYC 290N Week 6 Discussion; Middle Adulthood Development

PSYC 290N Week 7 Assignment; Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Elderly

PSYC 290N Week 2 Discussion; Development in Infancy

PSYC 290N Week 8 Reflection

PSYC 290N Week 6 Discussion; Middle Adulthood Development

PSYC 290N Week 4 Discussion; Eating Disorders in Adolescence

Although many people may not want to think about it, older adults continue to besexually active later in life. They are also more at risk for sexually transmitted infections alsoknown as STI’s. There are a few reasons why older adults are at risk for STI’s. One of thereasonsfortheincreasedriskisduetonormalsexualchangesassociatedwithagingaccordingto(Santrock, 2018). Some of the changes in women may include a decreased vaginal

PSYC 290N Week 7 Assignment; Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Elderly

Afterlisteningto mypatientHenok, Iwouldkindlyexplainto himthatallthese thingsare signs of his own mortality and fear of getting older. I would inform him that he issubconsciously trying to prove to himself that he is not as old as he is while fear of not doingenough before the end of his life cycle. I would then remind him that age is nothing but a numberand that you are only as old or young as you feel. According to Erikson (Santrock, 2018, p 492),Henokisat aperiod ofhislifewhere heisstruggling...

The adolescent stage is the time during which children mature to become adultsphysically, socially, intellectually, and hormonally. “Along with the rest of the body, the brainchanges during adolescence, but the study of adolescent brain development is still in its infancy”(Santrock, 2018, p344). All though, the size of the brain does not grow during adolescence but itundergoes changes that influence their behavior. Some of those significant developmentalchanges in the brain happened in the P...