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| The midlife transition in which fertility declines. |
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| Crystallized Intelligence |
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| Accumulated information and verbal skills, which increase in middle age. |
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| The ability to reason abstractly, which steadily declines from middle adulthood on. |
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| Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) |
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| Augments the declining levels of reproductive hormone production by the ovaries. |
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| Discretionary activity that includes simple relaxation, and activities for enjoyment. |
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| Psychological adjustment men must make when they are faced with declining physical energy and with family and work pressures. |
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| Complete cessation of menstruation, which usually occurs in the late forties or early fifties. |
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| The supportive relationships in which individuals are connected to others. |
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| Evaluation of a situation to determine whether it exceeds a person’s resources and is, therefore, stressful. |
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| Cumulative Personality Model |
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| States that with time and age, people become more adept at interacting with their environment in ways that promote the stability of personality. |
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| A term used to indicate a decrease in marital satisfaction after children leave home. |
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| Being productive by helping others to ensure the continuation of society by guiding the next generation. |
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| Middle-aged adults between two generations (parents and children) that puts demands and pressures on them. |
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| Timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish. |
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| "Self-absorption" - develops when individuals sense that they have done little or nothing for the next generation. |
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| Hard-driving, aggressive personality; at greater risk for heart disease and hypertension. |
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| Low-key personality; tends to be calm and easy-going |
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| A progressive, irreversible brain disorder characterized by a gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language and eventually physical function. |
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| Inflammation of the joints that is accompanied by pain, stiffness, and movement problems. |
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| Involve a thickening of the lens of the eye that causes vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted |
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| A global term for any neurological disorder in which the primary symptoms involve a deterioration of mental functioning. |
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| Concentrating on more than one activity at the same time. |
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| The retention of information about the where and when of life’s happenings. |
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| Memory of facts and experiences that individuals consciously know and can state. |
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| Evolutionary Theory of Aging |
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| Natural selection has not eliminated many harmful conditions and nonadaptive characteristics in older adults. |
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| People age because when cells metabolize energy, the by-products include unstable oxygen molecules. |
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| Damage to the optic nerve because of the pressure created by the buildup of fluid in the eye. |
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| Aging in the body's hormonal system can lower resistance to stress and increase the likelihood of disease. |
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| Memory without conscious recollection involves skills and routine procedures that are automatically performed. |
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| The number of years that will probably be lived by the average person born in a particular year. |
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| The upper boundary of life, the maximum number of years an individual can live. |
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| A disease that involved deterioration of the macula of the retina, which corresponds to the focal center of the visual field. |
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| Chronic condition that involves an extensive loss of bone tissue and is the main reason many older adults walk with a marked stoop. |
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| Focusing on a specific aspect of experience that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant. |
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| Knowledge about the world - including a person's fields of expertise, and general knowledge. |
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| State of readiness to detect and respond to small changes occurring at random times in the environment. |
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| Expert knowledge about the practical aspects of life that permits excellent judgment about important matters; involves both mind and virtue. |
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| The more active and involved older adults are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their lives. |
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| Prejudice against other people because of their age, particularly against teenagers and older adults. |
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| Volunteerism and other behaviors to benefit others. |
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| Reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or concluding that one’s life has not been well spent. |
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| Selective Optimization with Compensation Theory |
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| Sucsuccessful aging occurs when people produce new resources and allocate them effectively, or maintain performance through continued practice and the use of new technologies. |
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| Socioemotional Selectivity Theory |
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| Older adults become more selective about their social networks; they spend more time with familiar individuals with whom they have had rewarding relationships. |
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| Death induced deliberately, as by injecting a lethal dose of a drug. |
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| The study of the interface between human values and technological advances in health and life sciences. |
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| Neurological definition when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for a specific period of time. |
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| Enduring despair that is still unresolved over an extended period of time. |
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| Refers to the fact that people are very uncomfortable thinking about their own deaths. |
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| A program committed to making the end of life as free from pain, anxiety, and depression as possible. |
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| Culturally approved ways in which people express their grief. |
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| Involves reducing pain and suffering and emphasizes helping individuals die with dignity. |
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| Witholding of available treatments, such as life-sustaining devices, allowing the person to die. |
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| Persistent Vegetative State |
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| A person’s cortical functioning ceases while brainstem activity continues. |
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