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| a gradual physical decline that is related to aging and during which the body becomes less strong and efficient |
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| loss of hearing associated with senescence and that usually does not become apparent until after age 10 |
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| the time in middle age, usually around 50, when a women's menstraul periods cease comletely and the production of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone drops |
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| hormone replacement theraphy (HRT) |
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| treatment to compensate for hormone reduction at menopause or following surgical removal of the ovaries, minimizes menopausal symptons and diminishes th e risk of osteoporosis in later adulthood |
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| the first visible change in senescence |
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| skin; collagen and connective tissue decrease causing the skin to become thinner and less flexible, and wrinkles form |
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- people get shorter due to loss of bone density in the trunk
- the five senses become less acute
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| poor health hobits and senescence |
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- overeating
- alcohol use
- tabacco use
- drug use
- lack of exercise
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| death; as a measure of health, mortality usually refers to the number of deaths each year per 1,000 members of a given |
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| disease; a measure of health, refering to the rate of diseases of all kinds- physical and emotional, acute, chronic, and fatal |
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| long-term difficulty in performing normal activities of daily life because of some physical, emotional, or mental condition |
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| a measure of health that refers to how healthy and energetic-physically, emotionally, socially |
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| a measure of health that refers to how healthy and energetic an idividual feels; physically, emotionally, and socially |
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| those types of basic intelligence that make learning of all sorts quick and thorugh; decreaes |
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| those types of intellectual abilities that reflect accumulated learning; increases |
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| analytic, creative, and practical |
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| allows people to find "a better match to one's skills, values, or desires;" often using imagination |
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| useful as people age and need to manage their daily lives; using common sense |
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| rembering and analyzing various ideas |
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| selective optimization with compensation |
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| people try to maintain a balace in their lives by looking for the best way to compensate for physical and cognitive losses and to become more proficient in activities |
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| someone who is notably more skilled and knowledgeable than the average person about whichever activities are personally meaningful |
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| characteristics of expert thought |
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| intuitive, automatic, strategic, and flexible |
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| Erikson's Stages of Adulthood |
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- identity vs role diffusion
- intimacy vs isolation
- generativity vs stagnation
- integrity vs despair
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| identity vs role diffusion |
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many adults reassess all four types of identity
(sexual/gender, vocational/work, religious/spiritual, and political/ethnic) |
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| intimacy is mutual and adults need to devote time and energy to one another; isolation is likely when divorce or death disrupts established intimate relationships |
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| generativity vs stagnation |
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| adults need to care for the next generation; adults extend the legacy of culture and their generation with ongoing care, creativity, and sacrifice |
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| each person's entire life could be directed toward connecting a personal journey with the historical and cultural purpose of human society |
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| Masow's Hierarchy of Needs |
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5) self-actualization
4) success and esteem
3) love and belonging
2) safety
1) physiology
(start at the bottom-up) |
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| need to satisfy hunger and thirst |
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| need to feel that the world is organized and predictable; need to feel safe, secure, and stable |
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| need to love and be accepted; need to avoid loneliness and alienation |
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| need for self-esteem, achievement, competence, and independence; need for recognition and respect from others |
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| need to live up to one's fullest and unique potential |
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| any type of physical development |
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a developmental timetable based on social norms, which set the stages of life and behaviors considered approprite
(ex:age to go to college, marry, have kids) |
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| a period of unusual anxiety, radical change that supposedly begins like clockwork as age 40 approaches; 1st myth of aging |
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| Big Five/Five Factore Model |
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openness- immaginative, curious, artistic, creative, open to new experiences
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conscientiousness- organized, deliberate, conforming, self-disciplined
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extroversion- outgoing, assertive, active
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agreeableness- kind, helpful, easygoing, generous
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neuroticism- anxious, moody, self-punishing, crucial
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| lifestyle and social context that adults settle in to because it is compatible with their individual personality needs and interests |
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| a tendency for men and women to become more similar as they move through middleage |
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| collectively, the family, friends, acquantances, and strangers who move through life with an individual |
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when the children have left the house;
2nd myth of aging |
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| What makes a long term marriage during adulthood? |
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- more time together
- less child stress
- fewer arguments
- higher income
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Factors that influence Divorce
(1 out 2 marriages end in divorce) |
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- it's easy
- less stigma
- women's movement
- women in workforce
- postpone childbearing
- role of expectations
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| belief that members should support one another, sacrificing individual freedom and success in order to preserve familiy unity |
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| someone who becomes accepted as part of a family to which he or she has no blood |
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the middle-aged people feel squeezed by the needs of the younger and older members of the family
(3rd myth of aging) |
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caregiver who takes responsibility for maintaining communication among family members
(ex: gathers everyone for the holidays) |
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| people compair themselves to others in their group and are satisfied if they are no worse off than the norm |
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| extrinsic rewards for work |
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tangible benefits for doing a good job
(ex: salary, pension, salary increases) |
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| intrinsic rewards of work |
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intangible gratification
(ex: self-esteem, pride, pat on the back) |
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| a skilled and knowledgeable person who advises or guides an inexperienced person |
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the total burden of stress combined
(ex: work, diseases) |
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| the capacity of human organs to allow the body to cope with unusual stress |
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| stategy used by younger adults to deal with stress in which they tackle a stressful issue diretly |
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| a strategy used by older adults to deal with stress in which they change their feelings about the stressor rather than changing the stressor |
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| the way many people talk to th eelderly; resembles baby talk- slower rate and higher pitch |
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largest group of older adults; usually healthy, active, independent, financially independent
70% |
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suffer notable losses in body, mind, or social suppor, care for other people as well as themselves
20% |
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dependent, at risk for illness and injury, unable to live safely alone
10% |
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| a calculation of the number of self-sufficient, productive adults compared with the number of dependents |
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| a shortening of the time a person spends ill or infirm before death; postponing illness |
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| the universal and irreversible physical changes that occur to all living creatures as they grow older |
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| the specific physical illness or conditions that become more common with aging but result from poor health habits and other influences |
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| the body becomes less efficient at digesting food and using nutrients, fewer calories are needed with aging |
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the oldest possible age to which members of a species can live;
humans 122yrs |
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the number of years that the average person in a particular population is likely to live
US 75 men/81 women |
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| a person who has lived 100 years or more |
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| idea that memory should be measured as people actually experience it, not as lab tests assess it |
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| various methods used to reguate the analysis and flow of information |
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| irreversible loss of intellectual functioning caused by organic brain damage or disease |
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| gradual deterioration of memory and personality |
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| an examination of one's own part in life, which often takes the form of stories written/spoken by elderly |
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| Theories of late adulthood that emphasize the core self, or the search to maintain one's integrity and identity. |
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| The final stage of Erik Erikson's developmental sequence, in which older adults seek to integrate their unique experiences with their vision of community. |
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| The theory that each person experiences the changes of late adulthood and behaves toward others in a way that is consistent with his or her behavior in earlier periods of life. |
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| The tendency for elderly people to perceive, prefer, and remember positive images and experiences more than negative ones. |
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| Theories that emphasize that social forces, particularly those related to a persons social stratum, or social category, limit individual choices and affect a persons ability to function in late adulthood as past stratification continues to limit life in various ways. |
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| Segregating elderly people, shunting them out of the mainstream of society. |
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| The view that aging makes a persons social sphere increasingly narrow, resulting in role relinquishment, withdrawal, and passivity. |
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| The view that elderly people want and need to remain active in a variety of social spheres-with relatives, friends, and community groups-and become withdrawn only unwillingly, as a result of ageism. |
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| A US org of people aged 50 and older that advocates for the elderly. |
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| The study of death and dying, esp of the social and emotional aspects. |
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| An episode in which a person comes close to dying but survives and reports having left his or her body and having moved toward a bright white light while feeling peacefulness and joy. |
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| An institution or program in which terminally ill patients receive palliative care. |
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| a situation in which a seriously ill person is allowed to die naturally, through the cessation of medical intervention. |
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| a situation in which someone takes action to bring about another persons death, with the intention of ending that persons suffering. |
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| Physician-assisted suicide |
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| A form of active euthanasia in which a doctor provides the means for someone to end his or her own life. |
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| A document that contains an individuals instructions for end of life medical care, written before such care is needed. |
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| A document that indicates what kinds of medical intervention an individual wants. |
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| A person chosen by another person to make medical decisions if the second person becomes unable to do so. |
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| The sense of loss following a death. |
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| The powerful sorrow that an individual feels at the death of another. |
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| The ceremonies and behaviors that a religion or culture prescribes for people to employ in expressing their bereavement after a death. |
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