It’s All In The Attitude
So,
you think that your memory is bad?
· It’s probably not as
bad as you think!
· Attitude is everything!
Older people tend to think that memory problems are an inevitable sign of aging. This is FALSE!
Older people tend to expect to have poorer memories as they get older, and they tend to think that their own memory performance is worse than it really is. This can be really problematic, because it means that older people will not try as hard as younger people to learn new strategies to remember things, because they think that it won’t work. They become less motivated, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy!
Research has shown that having a positive attitude towards life
and towards your abilities is the key to successful aging and memory
performance. To have a better memory, people have to believe that change
is possible. In order to teach an old dog new tricks, you have to believe that you
can teach an old dog new tricks!