{"id":48222,"date":"2023-02-16T09:14:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=48222"},"modified":"2023-04-13T13:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T17:37:29","slug":"the-psychology-of-aging-utc-professor-examines-exchanges-between-students-and-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/the-psychology-of-aging-utc-professor-examines-exchanges-between-students-and-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"The psychology of aging: UTC professor examines exchanges between students and older adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" data-attachment-id=\"48225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/the-psychology-of-aging-utc-professor-examines-exchanges-between-students-and-older-adults\/jill-shelton-23-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,852\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6_2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jill Shelton (flowers), Morgan Robinson (jacket), Ruth Walker (green), Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in 514 McCallie.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1675958829&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;52&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Jill Shelton-23-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jill Shelton-23-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jill Shelton (flowers), Morgan Robinson (jacket), Ruth Walker (green), Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in 514 McCallie.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-48225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Jill Shelton, left, Morgan Robinson and Dr. Ruth Walker. Photo by Angela Foster.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"1597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/Jill-Shelton-23-1380-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jill Shelton, left, Morgan Robinson and Dr. Ruth Walker. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before the students sat down to talk with the older adults, both sides were apprehensive.<\/p>\n<p>What would they talk about? Would they be so far apart in beliefs and life lessons that they\u2019d be unable to understand the other\u2019s point of view? Was true communication even possible?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s this perception\u2014a false perception\u2014on each side that the other side won\u2019t be receptive,\u201d said Dr. Jill Shelton, UC Foundation associate professor and coordinator of the Master of Psychological Science program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany students will say, \u2018I think we\u2019re not going to have anything in common. I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to understand me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Discovering whether that was true was one of the goals of the research project conducted by Shelton and Dr. Ruth Walker, assistant professor in psychology, for their \u201cPsychology of Aging\u201d course.<\/p>\n<p>While Shelton was on professional development leave in fall semester 2022, she analyzed data gathered through conversations between students and older adults, which took place in summer and fall semesters 2021 and fall semester 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The older adults ranged in age from 57 to 94. The students were ages 18 to 29 and ranged from first-year students to college seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Five separate conversations were held, and students were given a set of questions to ask. Among them were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe what you currently do with your time that is important to you.<\/li>\n<li>If you knew you were going to die one year from today, what would you do? How would you want to be remembered?<\/li>\n<li>What contributions do you want to make to the world?<\/li>\n<li>What is your current purpose in life?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Walker said that the questions help break the ice and lead the conversation in an effective direction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t just put an older adult and a younger adult in a room and think magic\u2019s going to happen because it doesn\u2019t happen,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s where the conversation guides make it meaningful and where they\u2019re able to find a lot more in common because we\u2019re asking them big-picture questions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Robinson, a UTC graduate student in the Master of Psychological Science program, is writing her master\u2019s thesis on the findings collected during the conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the psychological science master\u2019s program, we\u2019re looking for something to keep students engaged in the course, to make the course more meaningful to them and more meaningful to their everyday life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut certainly another focus of my thesis is how this is affecting students\u2019 perceptions of older adults, their perceptions of themselves and their personal goals,\u201d said Robinson.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton said the conversations worked both ways, benefitting students and older adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor example, when we talk about aging in the workplace, what does that mean? How that\u2019s going to help you whenever you start a new job? You\u2019re going to have senior employees who are more knowledgeable and have skills they can transfer to you,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other side of the coin, older adults can also benefit from the younger adults who come into the workplace and give them insight into what\u2019s going on in their culture. Maybe they have knowledge of different skills, maybe some kind of new technology that they can teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the research project, students had to write an essay reflecting on their conversations and what they learned. Their thoughts had turned 180 degrees from their first ones, Shelton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see them come from, \u2018I think they\u2019re going to be judgmental. 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