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Summary: Child Observation

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I did my observation on Todd who is a family-friend of mine. He is 62, married with children, employed, Caucasian, and very busy. A notable difference from what was predicted was that at Todd’s age, he should be cutting back on his hours and preparing for retirement. Todd has retired from one job but now he is starting a new one that is full time and he frequently works overtime. This is unusual to start a whole new career at this age. He is taking a big chance with this decision when people around his age are normally settled in their job and looking to take their jobs till retirement. Another change that was really unexpected was that his sleep has actually improved recently. People at this age usually have disrupted sleep and develop sleep disorders. He did say that the improvement in sleep was from his skin cancer surgeries so, having that worry gone led to the improvements. He could have been sleeping horribly before the surgery and now he could still have sleeping issues but, he does not think about that because he is sleeping better …show more content…

A study was done at the University of Zurich that followed a group of golf novices and took MRI’s of their brains (Bezzola, Merillat, & Jancke, 2012). In this study, they found that doing this complex activity increased the neuroplasticity of their brains. This is a really interesting finding because it shows the importance for this age group to stay active and challenge themselves. The more they skillfully challenge themselves, the better brain their brain will perform. Also, having new neural connections allows for people to process information faster. So, these leisure physical activities could lead to this age group having an increased ability to learn new information and retain it. Todd does do leisure activities such as golf and ATV riding so, he is on a good path for his

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