Essay Quiz


1		After hearing that you are taking this course in life-span development, your next-door neighbor wants you to tell her all about memory. She says that her younger daughter is just starting kindergarten and seems to have somewhat limited memory capacity, her older daughter is just starting college and needs some good advice about how to remember what she learns in class, and her father is getting on in years and is getting worried about forgetting things from where he put his keys to what he had for breakfast. What can you tell your neighbor that will enlighten her and provide useful information?



2		Your parents have started worrying about getting older and the effect that will have on their ability to take care of themselves and retain their cognitive functioning. Already they notice that they are forgetting more than they did even a year or two ago. What can you tell them about cognitive changes in late adulthood and how best to hold onto their mental faculties?

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