old age

• Lifelong program of exercise

  • May prevent many physical changes once associated with normal aging
• Inactivity


  Contributes to heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, and high blood pressure
• Wisdom


  Exceptional breadth and depth of knowledge about the conditions of life and human affects and reflective judgement about the application of knowledge
• Wisdom


  • May involve the lead to transcendence, detachment from preoccupation with the self
  • The ability to navigate the messiness of life
• Older adults


  • Tend to make the most of their abilities, often exploiting gains in one area to offset declines in another