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21 Cards in this Set
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Biological aging/ senescence |
Genetically influenced declines in the functioning of organs and systems that are Universal and all members of our species. Happens was body structures reach maximum capacity and efficiency |
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Telomeres |
A special type of DNA called telomeres. Located at the ends of the chromosomes serving as a to protect the ends from destruction |
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Free radicals |
Naturally occurring, highly reactive chemicals that form in the presence of oxygen. Could cause age-related DNA and cellular abnormalities |
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Cross-linking Theory of Aging |
Overtime protein fibers that make up the body's connective tissue form bonds or links with one another When these normally separate fibers cross-links, tissues become less elastic, leaving too many negative outcomes |
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) |
The amount of energy the body uses at a complete rest |
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Substance abuse |
Alcohol and drug use Peaks Among Us 19 to 25 year olds and then declines steadily with age |
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Substance abuse risks |
Brain damage, lasting impairments in cognitive and emotional functioning, liver, kidney, and heart failure resulting in death |
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Cigarette smoke |
Nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide and other chemicals. Leave their damaging Mark throughout the body |
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Cigarette damage |
Retina of the eye, constriction of blood vessels leading to painful vascular disease, skin abnormalities, including premature aging, poor wound healing, and hair loss. Decline in bone mass, decrease and reserved OVA, uterine abnormality, early menopause in women, reduce sperm count, higher rate of sexual impotence. Risk of heart attack, stroke, acute leukemia, melanoma mama can throw the mouth throat larynx esophagus lung stomach pancreas kidneys and bladder |
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Alcohol |
National survey revealed that about 9% of men and 5% of women in the US are heavy drinkers. Which is defined as weekly consumption of 15 drinks or more for men and eight drinks or more for women |
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Alcohol #2 |
Alcohol consumption picks in the late teens and early twenties and then declines steadily with age. Excessive use is particularly High between 18 to 22 year old college students. Alcohol acts as a depressant, impairing the brain's ability to control thought and action. |
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STIs |
In the US, One in every four individuals is likely to contract a sexually transmitted infection at some point in life. The incidence is highest between ages 15 and 24. Women are at a greater risk for long-term Health consequences because they are less likely to experience symptoms of most common infections which left untreated causes infertility and pregnancy complications |
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Postformal thought |
Cognitive development Beyond piagets formal operational stage |
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Epistemic cognition |
Refers to our Reflections on how we arrived at facts beliefs and ideas |
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Dualistic thinking |
Dividing information values and Authority into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they |
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Relativistic thinking |
Viewing all knowledge as embedded in a framework of thoughts. Aware of diversity of opinions on many topics, they gave up the possibility absolute truth in favor of multiple truths, it's relative to its content |
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Commitment within relativistic thinking |
Instead of choosing between opposing views, they try to formulate a more personal satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions |
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Pragmatic thought |
A structural advance in which logic becomes a tool for solving real world problems |
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Cognitive affective complexity |
Awareness of conflicting positive and negative feelings and coordination of them into a complex, organized structure that recognizes the uniqueness of individual experiences |
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Expertise |
Acquisition of extensive knowledge in a field or endeavor |
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Selecting a vocation |
The fantasy period: in early and middle childhood, children gain insight into career options by fantasizing about them The tentative period: between ages 11 and 16, adolescents think about careers in more complex ways, at first in terms of their interests, and soon as they become more aware of personal and educational requirements four different vocations in terms of their abilities and values The realistic period: by the way teens and early twenties with the economic and practical realities of adulthood, young people start to narrow their options. Further exploration, Gathering more information about possibilities that blend with their personal characteristics. Crystallization, they focus on the general vocational category and experiment for time before settling on a single occupation |
