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