Life Expectancy Reflection: How Long Will You Live?

Instructions
Write a paper summarizing your responses to the follow-up questionnaire at the end, outlining your reaction to this activity, and indicating what action plan you feel might be warranted. You do not need to include your responses to each individual item, 1–32, on the how long will you live questionnaire, but you may include those responses at the end of your paper if you would like. Compile your responses to every question in the follow-up questionnaire into a coherent essay; do not number your responses.
Follow-Up Questionnaire
Write a paper summarizing your responses to these follow-up questionnaire questions, outlining your reaction to this activity, and indicating what action plan you feel might be warranted. Compile your responses to every question into a coherent essay; do not number your responses. This paper will serve as a capstone for what you've learned about the lifespan across the quarter, so please take your time to submit your best work.
How did your hypothesis compare with your end result?
By how many years did your predicted longevity change as a result of the factors listed below? For each factor, a negative change indicates a decrease in predicted longevity; a positive change in years indicates an increase in predicted longevity.
Genetic history. What's the difference in your total from the beginning and after item 8 (intelligence)? In other words, did your total number of years go up or down and by how much?
Personal health habits. What's the difference between your total after item 17 (health status) and your total following item 8 (intelligence)?
Socioeconomic status. What's the difference between your total after item 22 (age and work) and your total following item 17 (health status)?
Social and personality characteristics. What's the difference between your total at the end after item 32 (happy personality) and your total following item 22 (age and work)?
By how many years did your predicted longevity change (increase or decrease from beginning life expectancy) as a result of factors that are under your direct control? Looking at the factors, like genetic history, personal health habits, socioeconomic status, and social and personality characteristics, which factors do you think you can control? How does this relate to the nature/nurture issue? How much did your longevity go up or down as a result of these factors?
By how many years did your predicted longevity change (increase or decrease from beginning life expectancy) as a result of factors that you cannot control? How does this relate to the nature/nurture issue? How much did your longevity go up or down as a result of these factors?
Did completing the questionnaire encourage you or your participant to make any changes in your personal habits or lifestyle? If so, what are those changes?
Which, if any, variables were you surprised to discover were related to life expectancy? Why did they surprise you? Why do you think they are related to longevity?
What are some variables that did not appear in the questionnaire that you would also expect to be related to longevity?How do you think they would relate to longevity?
Which research methods would you use to determine whether such a relationship does, in fact, exist?
What are the strengths and limitations of the correlational method of research? You may want to revisit chapter one's coverage of correlations and research methods.