On the Georgia Centenarian Study

Content:How does this information related or connect to other information that we've covered or you've read?

This study talked about topics such as diet effects on aging, various lifestyles effects on aging, and genetics and aging; all which have been talked about in class. It also discussed interesting new ideas about psychological connections to aging such as cognitive abilities as well as general attitudes about life. These are interesting points that I would hope to get more into. 

 

Self:What impact does this information have on you?

The information provided by the study could point me in various directions to make decisions or changes to my life to achieve maximum age. Since I don't feel the need to live a particularly long time, I focus on the quality of living of these people, for though many were quite aged they were capable of numerous functions that are not possible for all aged people. I would hope to adopt some of their lifestyles to achieve a better quality of life in my later age. 

World:Who else needs to know this information? What are potential implications?

Any human could benefit from this knowledge, it is not necessary for life but anyone who would like to maximize their life span or improve their quality of life as they age they could take away from this study.  The limitations of this study arise in their subjects being limited to various regions and numbers.  All the centenarians were Americans and mostly lived in the south region, but is this representative of the overall population of centenarians. Further implications arise in how the centenarians all lived in the same general era, the current populations health and aging process could be deeply effected by the differences among life styles in the current era. 

Practice:What additional ideas does this information give you? How can you use or apply this information?

Is there anything else you want to know?

As discussed previously learning this information could potentially help me to live to later ages, or achieve a better quality of life in age. I feel like this is limited though, for what is it that I can apply to my life now? I am actually confused how this changes my life now. These are just things I can try to apply later in life. I would like to learn more about psychological connections to aging.