In class assignment 9
What does Dr. Carstensen say about the differences between older people and younger
people in term of sadness?
Older people are happier. She said that older people are more comfortable experiencing sadness
and mixes emotions. In the video, she encourage people off of age to appreciate and make use of
the talents of the growing segment of the population over age 60.
Do people attend to positive stimuli more the negative stimuli due to neural degradation?
She said that the older people attend to and remember more positive than negative information.
What does the evidence suggest?
The scientists first discovered the finding about emotion improving with age, they referred to it
as the paradox of aging.
According to Dr. Carstensen, why do people over 50 not go to blind dates?
She mentions that people before 50 might spend time with people we don't even like because it's
somehow interesting. They might learn something unexpected. After all, as we age, our time
horizons grow shooter and our goals changes