Psychology 409A – Monday, November 7, 2005
Outline #5
By: Tiffanie
Jinbo
Elderly
Reference:
James, Dr.
Instructions
for this activity are found at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/409a-g23-oral.htm
Instructor: Dr. Leon James
1.
Older Drivers at Risk
a.
Due to the aging process, elderly drivers become
more at risk. They are often unable to keep up with the fast pace of our
growing society, which often leaves them behind. They want to be able to keep their
independence, and the question is whether or not we want to take that away.
b.
A while ago, there were multiple incidents where
elderly drivers have made the mistake of crashing into businesses or running
them over. Ever since the article were printed in the newspapers and media, my
grandparents developed a fear of driving.
No longer do they drive at night and are often escorted around.
c.
In my opinion, a couple incidents of negligent
driving of the elderly does not represent the elderly
as a whole. If you take away any driving
privileges, at what age would be appropriate.
It is often how old you feel rather than how old you are, and that is
the recently debated issue.
2.
Young vs Old
a.
In comparison it is the “young driver” who shows
aggressive behavior over the older drivers.
And it is due to the elderly stereotypes that cause younger drivers to
run the older drivers off the road.
b.
The younger generation of drivers needs to respect
the older generation of drivers. The
elderly often feel like they are being pushed around, so many of them drive on
roads only mid-day when they know that the students are in school and everyone
else is at work.
c.
Just the other day, I was beginning to get upset at
a car rolling down the hill I live on at half the speed limit. I caught myself before I got upset and took a
deep breath and before I knew it we were heading in different directions.
3.
Positive Driving Behavior
a.
Is a checklist that relates to becoming the
supportive driver.
Positive driving behavior includes putting on the turn signal in
consideration for others, practicing positive thought when sitting in traffic,
being willing to figure things out ahead of time and leaving ahead of
time. These are all things that we can
adopt in the process of becoming a supportive driver.
b.
Having lived in town, traffic was not much of an
issue for me, in fact I enjoyed sitting in traffic until gas prices were raised. I adopted putting on the turn signal in
consideration for others specifically because I have been lazy about putting it
on. I also did not realize that it was
against the law not to signal, so I changed my ways.
c. Assessing
positive driving behavior is difficult because it can be done in a variety of
ways. I do not believe that positive
driving behavior only includes the fourteen listed items. Learning behavior over time is a positive
solution as a first step out of oppositional driving.
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