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LATE ADULTHOOD BEGINS AT ________AND ENDS INB DEATH.
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1.YOUNG OLD--HEALTHY AND ACTIVE
2.OLD OLD--HAVE SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES 3. OLDEST OLD--ARE FRAIL AND NEED CARE |
FUNCTIONAL AGES
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WE DEFINE OLD AGE BY CHRONOLOGICAL YEARS, PEOPLES PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING, WHICH IS CALLED?
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FUNCTIONAL AGES
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THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF THE POPULATION IS PEOPLE WHIO ARE 85 OR OLDER AND THIS GROUP SIZE HAS NEARLY DOUBLED IN THE LAST 20 YEARS
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OLDEST OLD
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PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION DIRECTED AT OLDER PEOPLE, IS MANIFESTED IN SEVERAL WAYS.
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AGEISM
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AGING THAT INVOLVES UNIVERSAL AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES THAT DUE TO GENETIC PROGRAMMING, KOCCUR AS PEOPLE GET OLDER.
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PRIMARY AGING OR "senescence"
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CHANGES IN PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONIG THAT ARE DUE TO ILLINESS, KHEALTH HABITS, AND OTHER INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES, BUT WHICH ARE NOT DUE TO INCREASED AGE ITSELF AND ARE NOT INVEITABLE
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SECONDARY AGING
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ONE OF THE MOST OBVIOUS SIGNS OF AGING IS?
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THE GRAYING AND THINNING OF HAIR
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PROTEIN THAT FORMS THE BASIC FIBERS OF BODY TISSUE
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COLLAGEN
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PEOPLE MAY SHRINK AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES WHEN THE ____ IN BACKBONE BECOMES THINNER
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CARTILAGE
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A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BONES BECOME BRITTLE,K FRAGILE AND THIN,OFTEN CAUSED BY LOSS OF ESTROGEN
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OSTEOPOROSIS
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WOMEN ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE OF GETTING OSTEOPORIOUS WHUCH IS PREVENTABLE WITH?
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CALICIUM AND EXCERCISE
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____BECOMES SMALLER AND LIGHTER W/AGE AND THERE IS A REDUCTION OF BLOOD FLOW.
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THE BRAIN
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A 75 YEAR OLDS HEART PUMPS LESS THAN 3 QUARTERS OF THE BLOOD IT PUMPED DURING EARLY ADULTHOOD BECAUSE OF?
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HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES
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THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ___DECLINES W/AGE
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RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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PRODUCES LESS DIGESTIVE JUICE AND IS LESS EFFICIENT IN PUSHING FOOD THRU THE SYTEM WHICH RESULTS I CONSTIPATION
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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
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__IS RELATED TO BETTER PERFORMANCE ON MENTAL TEST AND HELPS TO SLOW DOWN DETERIORATION AND STIMULATES THE BRAIN
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PHYSICAL FITNESS
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__SUGGEST THAT THE OVERALL PROCESSING SPEED DECLINES IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PINALO CORD AND THE BRAIN.
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PERIPHERAL SLOWING HYPOTHESIS
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THE THEORY THAT PROCESSING IN ALL PARTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM INCLUDING THE BRAIN, IS LESS EFFICIENT
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GENERALIZED SLOWING HYPOTHESIS
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___PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS AND THE DECISION PROCESS IS SLOWED DOWN
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OLDER PEOPLE
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___ BRINGS A DISTINCT DECLINING IN THE SENSE ORGANS OF THE BODY
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OLD AGE
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CLOUDY OR OPAQUE AREAS OF THE LENS OF THE EYE THAT INTERFERE W/PASSING LIGHT, FREQUENTLY DEVELOP
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CATARACTS
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OCCURS WHEN PRESSURE IN THE FLUID OF THE EYE INCREASES, EITHER BECAUSE THE FLUID CANNOT DRAIN PROPERLY OR BECAUSE TOO MUCH FLUID IS PRODUCED.
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GLAUCOMA
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IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF BLINDNESS IN PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60
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MACULAR DEGENERATION
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AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATIOMN (AMD) AFFECTS THE ?
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MACULA
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AMD CAN BE REDUCED WITH A DIET RICH IN ?
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ANTIOXIDANTS, (C, E, AND A)
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HEARING LOSS MAY HASTEN ____DECLINES IN THE ELDERLY, SIMPLY BY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING SAID.
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COGNITIVE
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___ON THE TONGUE DECREASES ANS CAUSES THEM TO EAT LESS.
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TASTE BUDS
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____IN THE BRAINSHRINK AND REDUCE THE ABILITY TO SMELL
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OLFACTORY BULBS
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THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN ELDERLY PEOPLE ARE?
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HEART DISEASE, CANCER AND STROKE
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THIS INFLAMATION OF THE JOINTS IS COMMOIN, STRIKING AROUND HALF OF OLDER PEOPLE.
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ARTHRITIS
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APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF OLDER PEOPLE HAVE ____OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
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HYPERTENSION
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__IS CHARACTERIZED BY INTENSE SADNESS, PESSIMISIM, AND HOPELESSNESS
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DEPRESSION
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THE MOST COMMOMN MENTAL DISORDER OF OLD PEOPLE
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DEMENTIA
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A BROAD CATEGORY COVERING SEVERASL DISEASES, WHICH INCLUDES SERIOUS MEMORY LOSS ACCOMPANIED BY DECLINES IN OTHER MENTAL FUNCTIONING WHICH INCLUDE DECLINING MEMORY, LESSEDED INTELLECTUAL ABILITIES AND IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT
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DEMENTIA
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THE MOST COMMON FORM OF DEMENTIA IS
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ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
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A PROGRESSIVE BRAIN DISORDER THAT PRODUCES LOSS OF MEMORY AND CONFUSION
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ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
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1. UNUSUAL FORGETFULNESS
2. TROUBLE RECALLING PARTICULAR WORDS DURING CONVERSATION 3. RECENT MEMORIES GO THEN OLDER MEMORIES 4. EVE NTUALLY TOTAL CONFUSSION, INABILITY TO SPEAK INTELLIGIBLY AND CANT RECOGNIZE FLY OR FRIENDS. NO CURE FOR AND IT RUNS IN FLY. |
SYMPTONS OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
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WE CAN DO SPECIFIC THINGS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE OUR PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING AND LONGEVITY
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EAT PROPER DIET
EXERCISE NO SMOKING |
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SUGGEST THCONTAINS A AT OUR BODY'S DNA GENETIC CODE CONTAINS A BUILT-IN-TIME LIMIT FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF HUMAN CELLS
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GENETIC PREPROGRAMMING THEORIES OF AGING
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ARGUE THAT THE MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS OF THE BODYSIMPLY WEAR OUT WITH OLD AGE
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WEAR AND TEAR THEORIES OF AGING
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THE AVERAGE AGE OF DEATH FOR MEMBERS OF A POPULATION HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING
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LIFE EXPECTANCY
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INFLUENCES ATTRIBUTING TO GROWING UP IN A PARTICULAR ERA
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COHORT EFFECTS
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SUFFER FROM PRACTICE EFFECTS AND SAMPLE ATTRIBUTIONS
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LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
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RESEARCH FROM___USES A COMBINATION OF CROSS SECTIONAL STUDIES AND LONGITUDINAL METHODS
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SCHAIE
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INTELLIGENCE THAT REFLECTS INFORMATION PROCESSING CAPABILILTIES,REASONING AND MEMORY
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FLUID INTELLIGENCE
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THE ACCUMILATION OF INFORMATION, SKILLS, AND STRATEGIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH EXPREINECE AND CAN APPLY IN PROBLEM SOLVING
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CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE
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SUGGEST THAT THERE IS NOTHING FIXED ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR IN INTELLECTUALO ABILITIES DURING LATE ADULTHOOD (USE IT OR LOSE IT)
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PLASTICITY OR modifiabiity of behavior
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MEMORY LOSE PRIMARILY RELATES TO SPECIFIC LIFE EXPEREINCES
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EPISODIC MEMORY
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GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND FACTS
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SEMANTIC MEMORIES
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MEMORIES IN WHUICH PEOLE ARE NOT CONSCIOUSLY AWARE
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IMPLICIT MEMORIES
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DECLINES GRADUALY UNTIL AGE 70 WHEN IT BECOMES MORE PRONOUNCED
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SHORT TERM MEMORY
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IMFORMATION PRESENTED QUICKLY AND VERBALLY IS
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FORGOTTEN SOONER
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___IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RECALL PERHAPS BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROCESSED AS EFFICIENTLY.
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NEW INFORMATION
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CONTINUE INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION KEEPS______
ABILITIES SHARP |
COGNITIVE
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___WORKS MUCH THE SAME AS PHYSICAL EXERCISE FOR OLDER ADULTS, SLOWING DOWN MENTAL DECLINE.
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MENTAL EXCERCISE
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MEMORIES OF INFORMATION ABOUT ONES OWN LIFE, IN WHICH PLEASANT MEMORIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE RECALLED THAN UNPLEASANT MEMORIES.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY
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CHANGES IN MEMORY FOCUS ON THREE CATEGORIES?
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1. ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS
2. INFORMATION PROCESSING DEFICITS 3. BIOLOGICALFACTORS |
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UNDER WHICH MEMORY CATEGORY?
1. DRUGS 2. RETIREMENT 3. MOTIVATION LOWER |
ENVIROMENTAL FACTORS
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UNDER WHICH MEMORY CATEGORY?
1. INABILITY TO INHIBIT IRREVELANT INFORMATION ANF THOUGHT DECLINES 2.SPEED OF PROCESSING DECLINES 3. DIFFICULTY PAYING ATTENTION AND ORGANIIZNG INFORMATION 4. LESS EFFICIENT RETRIEVAL METHODS |
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEFICITS
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UNDER WHICH MEMORY CATEGORY? 1
1. BRAIN AND BODY DETERIORATION 2. ESPECIALLY FRONTAL LOBES |
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
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CONTINUE OF EDUCATION IN OLD AGE CAN IMPROVE?
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COGNITIVE SKILLS
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LAST STAGE OF PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT EGO INTEGRITY VERSUS DESPAIR
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ERIKSONS
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