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Psychology Vocab
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Psychology
11th Grade
03/05/2015

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Menopause
Definition
The biological event in which a woman's production of sex hormones is sharply reduced
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Generativity
Definition
The desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated wisdomto guide future generations
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Stagnation
Definition
A discontinuation of development and desire to recapture the past
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Decremental model of aging
Definition
Idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable age.
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Ageism
Definition
Prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
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Sentile Elementia
Definition
Decreases in mental abilites experienced by some people in old age
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Alzheimer's disease
Definition
A condition that destroys a persons ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care of herself or himself
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Hospice
Definition
A facility designed to care for the special needs of dying
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Thoratology
Definition
The study of dying and death
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