This week we will participate in a Report Back activity. This activity allows you to gather information about concepts that we are discussing during the unit and test them out in the world! As you report your results, please do not indicate full names. For this Report Back:
1. Respond with your answers to this unit’s Report Back questions.
2. Ask five adult volunteers this unit’s Report Back question(s). Using only adult volunteers adds standardization to this activity.
3. Report back on your results by Saturday, presenting your volunteers’ responses
4. Briefly summarize your observations, connecting your observations to this week’s readings.
5. After Saturday, check back and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings, sharing insights from your experiences and discussing the responses.
Report Back – Resilience and Positive Aging
Ask five individuals to respond to the following questions*^:
1. What is your chronological age?
2. What is your psychological age? (If there is a difference, why?)
3. What is the ideal age? Why?
4. What has had the greatest impact on how “you turned out”? (Note, this question targets events, not people)
5. How old is “old”? Why?
6. What does it mean to be resilient?
7. What are two things that you do to actively savor and appreciate the experiences in your life?
*Practice gratitude: Feel free to preface interviews with sharing that your volunteers are helping you fulfill an assignment for class this week and that you appreciate them, and their assistance.
^The questions were developed in order to invite reflection and to thoughtfully explore how our thoughts, experiences, and social environment shape perspectives on aging and resilience. If there is a question you, or one of your volunteers, is not comfortable responding to, this is OK.
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