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| broad complex of physical and emotional symptoms that accompany reproductive changes in middle adulthood |
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| moat dramatic aspect of climacteric |
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menopause; 12 straight months of no menstration
age 51 |
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| most deaths in middle age are from |
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| heart cancer and heart attacks |
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| how many percent adults smoke |
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| alcohal consumption is ... |
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| 3rd leading cause of preventable death |
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| abilities involved in aquiring new knoledge and skills |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| cognibitive pragmatics, accumulated knowledge |
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| over time ____ intelligences decreases and _____ intellingence increases |
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fluid=decreases
crystalized=increases |
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| contributing in worthwhile ways to others and community |
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| the 3 domains of eriksons generativity vs self absorbance |
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procreative
productive
creative |
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| t/f: middle adulthood sets the stage for the rest of the persons life |
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| men and women experience ______ or ________ from overload of demands within a given role |
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| role strain or role conflict |
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| who are the primary caregivers for aging adults |
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| daughters or daughter in laws |
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| which spouse is more likely to initiate divorce |
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| Personality structure: the 5 factor model |
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| OCEAN, provides a useful vocabulary to describe how personality might change across the lifespan |
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| nuerocitism ( emotional stability) the one its good to be low in ? |
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| which is known as command generation and what is it |
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| middle adulthood: age group making most of the important policy desicions that affect our lives. good at making desicions |
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| changes are made; abrupt and stressful |
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| what is transistion model: |
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| changes are gradual; no crisis |
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| visual acuity, high frequency noise |
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| slower, new motor skills more difficult |
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| skeletal, skin & muscle, fat-store, heart and lung capacity |
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| what are the big 5 universal traits: |
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| example of high conscientiousness |
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| organized, dependable, persistant |
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| example of high nueroticism: |
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| negative stereotypes of older adults |
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| the golden 40: middle old |
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| the golden 40: very old old |
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| pathological effects of aging |
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| feeling the effects of old age |
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| what happens in aging with taste senses: |
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| taste declines-->add salt to food--> hypertension |
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| a plant compoumd thought to contain antioxidant properties "pinot moir", dry red wines. may protect against heart diesease, cancer, diabetes, obesity |
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| what happens with the brain in aging |
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-loses 10% of mass GRAY MATTER
-lateralization declines
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-cognitive disorders |
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| memory type: sensory.. give discription and if decline |
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| memory type: short term... give discription and if decline |
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| memory type: working ...give discription and if decline |
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active thinking and processing
yes decline |
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| memory type: episodic long term ...give discription and if decline |
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personal history
yes decline |
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| memory type: semantic long term.... give discription and if decline |
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factual general knowledge
minimal decline |
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maddness
difficult in: thinking and memory, social interactions, daily functions |
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| most common form of demetia, no cure, genetic, 6th leading cuase of death |
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| expert knowledge system that involves excellent judgement and advice on critical and practical life issues |
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| attending to and ability to remember more positive information |
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| be accepting, positive relationships, autonomy, master environment, maintain purpose, continue to grow personally |
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| 3 factors of retirement adjustment: |
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attitude toward work
economic status
health status
women have more difficulty |
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| a tradition in asion nations where older people are honored |
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| by 2030, 1 out of 5 people will be over the age of 65 |
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| normal biological processes associated with aging, excluding disease |
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| aging is result of wear and tear based on assults from internal and external env. |
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| the pace of aging is genetically programmed |
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| TRUE: brain seems to compensate for declining size with increase neural activity |
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| 6 cognitive abilities included in the seatle long. study |
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verbal ability
spatial orientation
inductive reasoning
numeric facility
perceptual speed
verbal memory |
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| new life structures emerge |
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