- 16 Mar, 2021
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Comparison between Older Adult and Younger Adult
Interview with an Older Adult and Comparison with Younger Adult
Our final research paper will be an integration of what you have learned in the textbook and discussions this semester with an interview with an older adult, preferably over 70. Choose someone you can talk with two or three times: a family member, older friend, neighbor, person in your community or religious organization, or nursing home resident.
Ask them questions and encourage them to talk about their life on the subjects in our textbook. You might ask them to answer some of the discussion questions from their own experience, and take some of the surveys.
You may quote the person, or summarize their answers and thoughts.
Some students might find it useful to bring their book to the interview, or tape the interview so they can listen with their full attention, then summarize the main points or record memorable quotes during the writing of the paper.
The successful paper will include terms, concepts, and ideas from the textbook (2 to 3 from each of the twelve chapters) with the life experiences of the older adult, to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of adult development and aging.
Hope you and the older adult will both enjoy and find value in this interview experience!
Then choose another person in a different age group, either Emerging (18-24), Young (25-39), or Middle (40-64) Adulthood.
This person could be yourself, or someone else you know well.
Compare that person’s experiences to the older adult in each of the categories.
Then discuss how historical events, cohort effects, and other issues can influence adult development.
What have you learned about adult development through these interviews and life comparisons?
Please use these headings in your paper:
Introduction to Adult Development
Physical Changes
Health and Health Disorders
Cognitive Abilities
Social Roles
Social Relationships
Work and Retirement
Personality
The Quest for Meaning
Stress, Coping and Resilience
Death and Bereavement
The Successful Journey
Format: Write a paragraph about the older adult, then a paragraph about the younger adult under each heading.
At the end of the paper, write a paragraph that summarizes the comparison between the two lives, and what you learned by writing this paper.
Length: 10 pages. (One page or less for each of the 12 subjects)
Double spaced, one inch margins, font New Times Roman 12.