DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEWBORN DEVELOPMENT
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Question
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When they don’t get their way
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When they have amnesia
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When they have alzheimers
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when they have dementia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nobody with dementia is going back in time. Dementia is not a time machine. Yes, people with dementia do seem to gain some childish behaviors as their disease progresses. This isn’t because they are “reverting” back to being children, however, it’s because they are losing things that they’ve learned as adults.
Detailed explanation-2: -Does dementia cause child-like behavior? Many dementia symptoms are child-like; thus, it is easy to dismiss dementia patients as child-like. Symptoms include mood swings, outbursts, irrationality, forgetfulness, and linguistic issues.
Detailed explanation-3: -The best explanation is that Alzheimer’s affects recent memories first, debilitating retention of new information. Memories of childhood or from long ago are well encoded since the person has had longer to process and remember specific events.
Detailed explanation-4: -Keeping an active social life, regular exercise, and continuing activities the person enjoys, or finding new ones, can help to reduce behaviours that are out of character. Read more about activities for dementia. Other things that can help include: providing reassurance.