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22 Cards in this Set
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Primary Aging
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age-related physical changes that have a biological basis and are universally shared and inevitable.
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Secondary Aging
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Age-related changes that are due to environmental influences, poor health habits, or disease.
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Limbic System
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The part of the brain that regulates emotional response.
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Maximum Oxygen Uptake(Vo2 max)
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A measure of the body's ability to take in and transport oxygen to various body organs.
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Locus Of Control
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A set of beliefs about the causes of events.
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Self-Effacy
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The belief in ones ability to perform some action or to controls ones behavior or environment, to reach some goal or to make something happen.
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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An Infection of the female reproductive tract that may result from a sexually transmitted disease and can lead to infertility.
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Intimate Partner Abuse
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Physical acts or other behavior intended to intimidate or harm other intimate partner.
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Sexual Violence
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The use of physical coercion to force a person to engage in a sexual act against his/her will.
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Phobia
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An irrational fear of an object, a person, place, or situation.
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Personality disorders
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An inflexible pattern or behavior that leads to difficulty in social, education, and occupational functioning.
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Schizophrenia
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A serious mental disorder characterized by disturbances of thought such as delusions and hallucinations.
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Substance Abuse
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A pattern of behavior in which a person continues to use a substance even though it interferes with physiological, occupational and social functioning.
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Postformal Thought
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Types of thinking that are associated with a hypothesized fifth stage of cognitive development.
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Relativism
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The idea that some propositions cannot be adequately described as either true of false.
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Dialectical Thought
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A form of thought in evolving recognition and acceptance of paradox and uncertainty.
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Reflective Judgement
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The ability to identify the underlying assumptions of differing perspectives on controversial issues.
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Crystallized Intelligence
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Knowledge and judgement acquired through education and experiences.
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Fluid Intelligence
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The aspects of intelligence that reflects fundamental biological processes and does not depend on specific experiences.
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Post-Secondary Education
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Any kind of formal education experience that follows high school.
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Traditional Post-Secondary Student
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A student who attends college full time immediately after graduation from high school.
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Nontraditional Post-Secondary Student
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A student who either attends college part time or delays enrollment after high school graduation.
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