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19 Cards in this Set
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addiction
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physical dependance on a particular substance, such as alcohol
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crystallized intelligence
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knowledge aquired through experience and education in a particular culture
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fluid intelligence
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abilities such as thinking in a flexible, adaptive manner, drawing inferences and understand relationships between concepts
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high-density lipoproteins (HDLs)
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lipoproteins that helped clear arteries
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interindividual variability
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patterns of change in a domain, such as intelligences, that are different for different people
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intimacy vs. isolation
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according to Erickson, the psychological conflict of young adulthood
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live-span construct
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unified sense of of the past, present, and future that is based on ones experience and input from others
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life story
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second manifestation of the life-span construct, a personal narrative that organizes past events into a coherent sequence
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low density lipoproteins (LDLs)
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lipoproteins that cause fatty acids to accumulate in arteries, which impedes the flow of blood
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metabolism
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energy required for bodily functions
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multi-dimensional
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approaches to intelligence that identify different areas of intellectual abilities
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multi-directionality
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refer to the fact that some aspects of intelligence improve and other aspects decline across adulthood
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personal control beliefs
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beliefs about the degree to which one's performance in a situation is within ones control
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plasticity
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the fact that abilities can be modified by certain conditions or ecperiences
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possible selves
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representation of what one can become, what one would like to become, and what one is afraid of becoming
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postformal thought
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thought charactorized by the realization that the correct answer may vary from situation to situation, that problem solutions must be realistic, that most solutions are ambiguous, and that emotion and other subjective factors are an imptotant part of thought
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primary mental abilities
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groups of related intellectual skills, such as spatial skill and mathematical skill
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rite of passage
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ritual marking intiation into adulthood (quincinera)
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role transition
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key markers or criteria for deciding whether a person has reached adulthood
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