Essays on Carstensen

I would like to start with the words Megan Chao (1998): “For many centuries, discovering the fountain of youth has been just a dream for humans. Aging is an inevitable process in human life, the result of a highly variable biological cycle. (p.1) Nevertheless aging people continue living full of life, continue working and changing conditions of their lives to the better side. Czaja and Moen (2004) predicted “by 2010 the number of workers age 55+ will be about 26 million, a 46 percent increase since 2000, and by 2025 this number will increase to approximately 33 million.”( ...

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The negative or positive experiences of early childhood play a very significant role in the development of the social and emotional behavior of an individual. According to Fagundes, Bennett, Derry, and Kiecolt-Glaser (2011), the ability to understand the social and emotional behavior of an adult is complex because it requires one to have a comprehensive understanding of their entire lifespan (p. 40). This is because the social and emotional development of an individual are influenced by several factors that they encounter during their major stages of growth in their lifespan (McClelland, Ponitz, Messersmith, & Tominey, 2010, p. 35). Some of ...

Aging and Biogerontology

Technological changes during the past century have resulted in an improved life span for the average human being. At the same time, people in the wealthier, more industrialized areas of the world are having fewer babies . What this means, at least for the more affluent countries, is that the age gap between the young and the elderly is growing. It also means that we are seeing an increased number of elderly in our society. This change in demographics is going to have a psychological, sociological, and economic impact on the future. The combination of lower birth rates and increased ...

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Development is defined as the act of adaptation while personality development basically refers to the mental, emotional, psychological, temperamental and behavioral growth that one acquires (Schulz and Heckhausen, 1996). Also, personality development can be described as the averagely constant and stable features and characteristics a person bears with time (Alea, Diehl and Bluck, 2004). Personality development usually is an attribute associated with age and experience.

Success can be defined as the achievement or realization of desired goals or objectives hoped for. On the other hand, successful ageing is basically the eminent and prosperous growth in personality, self-concept and values acquired ...

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Antitrust policies are a threat to companies welfare; most of these laws are detrimental to monopolistic firms. This is due to the extensive market power that they dominate over a given sector in the economy. Most companies have suffered antitrust penalties due to their dominance in the market. This causes a negative effect to the statement of financial position of such firms. Microsoft is one of the best examples of companies that were subjected to antitrust laws. Microsoft is a monopolistic firm in the computer software sector. It deals with manufacturing and selling of computer chips to all the computer owners on the ...

Since ancient times, the elusive concept of wisdom has figured prominently in philosophical and religious texts. The question remains compelling: What is wisdom, and how does it play out in individual lives? Most psychologists agree that if you define wisdom as maintaining positive well-being and kindness in the face of challenges, it is one of the most important qualities one can possess to age successfully — and to face physical decline and death. Vivian Clayton, a geriatric neuropsychologist in Orinda, Calif., developed a definition of wisdom in the 1970s, when she was a graduate student, that has served as a foundation for research ...

BUSINESS STRATEGY MODEL

- Introduction Panera Bread Company is a national bakery-café chain and one of the leading US food service companies. Having more than 1,700 outlets and franchises across 45 states, the District of Columbia and Canada, Panera Bread offers their consumers a great variety of fresh baked goods of high quality and excellent customer service (‘Panera Bread Company’ 2014). Operating in a competitive environment, Panera Bread Company succeeds and has substantial financial revenues. However, in 2013 the sales growth has slightly decreased and was twice less than previous year increase (‘Panera Bread Company’ 2014). In general, Panera’s gross sales, which ...

6.9% of adult population suffers from diabetes in the US. However, the percentage of African American population with diabetes is almost double. According to the National health interview survey almost 13% of all African American over the age of 18 have diabetes (minority.health.hhs.gov). Additionally, as opposed to other population groups, more African Americans suffer from diabetes related serious complications. It has been documented that a well developed educational intervention program improves patient’s understanding of disease, self management proficiency and disease outcome. However, there is a need for development of novel and potent intervention strategies especially adapted for racial/ethnic minority and ...

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This paper seeks to examine the emerging technologies that are being adopted by tech firms in the need to go green. Companies such as Facebook and Google have come up with initiatives through which they have reduced the amount of energy that the companies use. The policies adopted by Facebook and Google have had a very impactful influence on most small businesses globally (like and ). and are cloud computing service providers with a large number of servers that need to be energy efficient. Therefore, green technology is important when it comes to ensuring that tech companies are energy efficient. The term ‘ ...

Regarded as lines of thought or assumptions made by the society about specific individuals, societal stereotypes do not just label groups of individuals but also affect the way people think about them and what people expect of them. Stereotypes are characterized by prejudices that may be ill-founded, fixed attitude about behavior, and reaction by restricting or allowing various groups into various societal activities; they may be true or untrue (Nelson, 2004). There are several prevalent stereotypes about the elderly. One of such stereotypes is the belief that the contribution made by the elderly to the society is minimal, limited, ...