Issues of Social Development in Adulthood: Aging and Death
PSY/201
July 1, 2012
Issues of Social Development in Adulthood: Aging and Death
Aging and death are two issues adults will face at some point in their lives. Humans will face the fact that at some point in time all forms of life will cease to exist. Human are the only creatures on Earth that know they will die. This is the main reason I chose this particular article; to understand the concept of aging and death from the elderly adults perspective.
The article chosen to summarize is one of a research nature. A study was performed that lead to data which would reveal how a select group of adults viewed death and aging. This study was conducted to find out what the elders views were about their lives and the time they had left to live. They were ask a question pertaining to when they realized they were aging and knew eventually their time of existence would end (Fonseca, 2011).
Participates were of Portuguese decent and of retirement age and beyond. Both genders were represented, however only three subjects were selected. The three subjects met the requirements of the study; retirement age, cognitive abilities, and is involved in their communities (Fonseca, 2011).
The results of this study were the subjects revealed that specific events occurred within their lives which had profound effects on their views. The loss of physical abilities and the realization that their bodies were aging created views of finite. This in turn, brought about change in their view of the possibilities that their own mortality was inevitable. Realization death and aging were upon them, produced a change in their world-views and their relation with their own existence (Fonseca, 2011).
If I were to write a research paper pertaining to the topics of aging and death I would not use this article as part of my research. The reasoning behind my decision is simple; there were not enough information to conclude these adults...