Late Adulthood interview - Essay Example

Interview of Late Adulthood Mr. James (hypothetical is a very noble person having age of 62 years. I met him in a nearby Super Store. I accidently bumped into him and he was just smiling and not even saying any single word of anger. He is in a period of age where we can witness a very mature and a cool attitude from the people just because of their age and experience. Being a gentleman, Mr. James also possesses a very mature point of view regarding different behaviors of the society. According to my opinion, Mr.

James is the most suitable person for conducting my interview, which is the requirement of my course project. There in the store I asked him to give me some time. I explained all the details and asked him if he is willing to give an interview to complete my project requirements. I assured him that all his answers would be kept confidential and only be used for study or research purpose. We mutually decided that we would conduct this interview session on Sunday (October 19, 2014) evening (7:00 pm) in a nearby Park.

The access to the park is feasible to both of us. Therefore, we both are agreed that environment of the park will suit us to talk in a relaxed setting. On Sunday October 19, 2014, Mr. James gave answers to my scheduled questions and his answers are supportive to make a clear view about the physical, social and cognitive development in late adulthood. Physical Development: At the age of 62, physically the people are not that much capable of doing any physical or hard work. They can put their extra efforts only where they have to use their brains, minds and most preferably experiences (Berger, 3).

However, they may lack behind in the areas where physical involvement is required. Mr. James support this point of view by adding his own statement that he is not at all willing to commit a fieldwork rather he enjoys office work where he has to sit on office chair and then work. According to research, it is also proved that people in the older ages may get some physical problems of joints, knees or bones etc (Berger, 2). Mr. James is also facing this problem. He gets severe body pain in the cold weather.

There is no solution to solve rather just take pain killers and then rest. Cognitive Development: At this level of late adulthood, the people should search for the satisfaction and the happiness in the little things of life rather to get angry or feel bitter. These are the opinion of Mr. James when I asked him about the rapid changes in the society and the behaviors of the people. The research also show that at the late adulthood, the brain development is at the high level where people may not react to any incident rather they may take it lightly and then behave according to the situations (Berger 2). Mr. James is of the opinion that changes in the society are the part of life so we should not react to them rather we should accept these changes.

This is the highest level of brain development or we can say cognitive development (Berger, 1). Social/Emotional Development: Mr. James told me that he has just retired from his job. He is very much emotional or we should say possessive about his job. However, he is a very cool minded person but he may get a bit emotional if anyone asks him about his retirement or any other work related issue. Therefore, we can say that the late adulthood may increase the level of emotions in any person (Berger, 2).

In addition to this, Mr. James also said that he is very much conscious about his children matters and want them not to do the same mistakes as he did in his past. It is a matter of fact that when people get old they like to advice youngsters based on their experiences (Berger, 2). On the other hand, youngsters are not very much happy about these advices. Reference:Berger, K, ‘Invitation to the Life Span’, 2nd Edition, (September 12, 2014), New York, Worth Publishers, page 23 – 34