1a. After reviewing the background materials, explore the 2 key milestones and 2 key challenges during the period of middle adulthood.
1b. Provide examples from your own life or from family or friends that illustrate the 2 key milestones and 2 key challenges during the period of middle adulthood that you have chosen to discuss.
Required Reading:
Attema, A. E., He, L., Cook, A. J., & Vilas, V. J. D. R. (2019). Unbiased assessment of disease surveillance utilities: A prospect theory application. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 13(5), Retrieved from https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0007364&rev=1
BehaviorEconomics.com (2019). Prospect Theory. Retrieved from: https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/resources/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/prospect-theory/
Bern-Klug, M., Singh, J., Liu, J., & Shinkunas, L. (2019). Prospect Theory Concepts Applied to Family Members of Nursing Home Residents with Cancer: A Good Ending Is a Gain. Journal of social work in end-of-life & palliative care, 1-21. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15524256.2019.1580242?casa_token=ZUIVVvwws-YAAAAA:BUyrEEqJUHn1h67IvbYhpXE1rm1sQdUG1v5epfuIz2K_o2cw246IiH0-D66nrZ4eh93yKfOX8_BsTA
Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (2019). Chronic Disease Overview. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/index.htm
Maffetone, P. B., & Laursen, P. B. (2019). Decision-Making in Health and Fitness. Front. Public Health, 7(6). Retrieved from https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc6352612
Harley, A (2016). Prospect Theory and Loss Aversion: How Users Make Decisions. Neilsen Norman Group. Retrieved from https://www.nngroup.com/articles/prospect-theory/
Sanlam Investments. (2016). Prospect Theory [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM91d5I36Po (1:36)
Whysel, B. (2016). Health Insurance Enrollment: A Superhuman Decision. Decision Fish. Retrieved from http://www.decisionfish.com/health-insurance/
Bruce, A., & Lim, S. (2015). Prospect theory and body mass: characterizing psychological parameters for weight-related risk attitudes and weight-gain aversion. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4371555/pdf/fpsyg-06-00330.pdf
Fistenburg, S. (2013). Dr. Iris Firstenberg on Bounded Rationality [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WsE6f9_5Xo (2:42)
World Health Organization. (2014). The difficulty of making healthy choices and ‘health in all policies.’ Retrieved from http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/3/13-121673/en/
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