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a new transitional phase of development, extending from the late teens to the mid-twenties, during which most people have left adolescence but have not yet assumed adult responsibilities. rather, they explore alternatives more intensely than they did as teenagers.
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emerging adulthood
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exchange of ideas, information, trade, and immigration among nations that is promoting emerging adulthood
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globalization
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Genetically influenced, age-related declines in the functioning of organs and systems that are universal in all members of our species.
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biological aging or senescence
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theory that the body wears out from use
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wear-and-tear
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special type of DNA that shortens causing cancer and other age-related disease.
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telomeres
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naturally occurring, highly reactive chemicals that form in the presence of oxygen
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free radicals
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a theory of biological aging asserting that the formation of bonds, or links, between normally separate protein fibers causes the body's connective tissue to become less elastic over time, leading to many negative physical consequences
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cross-linkage theory of aging
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cardiovascular disease in which heavy deposits of plaque containing cholesterol. and fats collect on the walls of the main arteries
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atherosclerosis
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type of white blood cell that originate in the bone marrow, mature in the thymus and attack antigens directly
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T cells
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type of white blood cell manufactured in the bone marrow, secrete antibodies in to the blood stream that multiply, capture antigens, and permit the blood systems to destroy
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B cells
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the amount of energy the body uses at complete rest
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basal metabolic rate (BMR)
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an array of physical and psychological symptoms that usually appear 6 to 8 days prior to menstruation; the most common are abdominal cramps, fluid retention, diarrhea, tender breasts, beackache, headache, fatigue, tension, irritability, and depression
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premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
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cognitive development beyond Piaget's formal operational stage
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postformal thought
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a form of cognition that typically develops in early adulthood that involves reflecting on how we arrived at facts, beliefs and ideas and, when necessary, revising one's approach in favor of a more balanced, adequate route to knowledge
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epistemic cognition
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in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of younger college students who search for absolute truth and therfore divide information, values, and authority into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they
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dualistic thinking
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in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of older college students, who favor multiple truths, each relative to its context of evaluation
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relativistic thinking
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in Perry's theory, the cognitive approach of the most mature adults, who resist choosing between opposing views and, instead, try to formulate a more satisfying perspective that synthesizes contradictions
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commitment within relativistic thinking
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in Labouvie-Vief's theroy, adult thought in which logic becomes a tool to solve real-world problems and inconsistencies and imperfections are accepted
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pragmatic thought
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a form of thinking that increases steadily from adolescence through early adulthood, peaking in middle age, that involves awareness of positive and negative feelings and coordination of them into a complex, organized structure; involves skillful integration of cognition with emotion
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cognitive-affective complexity
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acquisition of extensive knowledge in a field or endeavor
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expertise
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period of vocational development in which young children gain insight into career options by fantasizing about them
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fantasy period
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period of vocational development in which adolescents think about careers in more complex ways, at first in terms of their interest and, as they become more aware of personal and educational requirements of different vocations, in terms of their abilities and values
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tentative period
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period of vocational development in which older adolescents and young adults focus on a general vocational category and, slightly later, settle on a single occupation
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realistic period
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