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19 Cards in this Set
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Identity:
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Who you are and what you stand for; your values
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Patriarchy:
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A social organization marked by the supremacy of males in the clan, family, or society
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Generativity:
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According to Erickson, the ability to create. originate, and produce throughout adulthood
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Midlife Transition:
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A period in middle adulthood when a person's perspective on his or her life may change significantly
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Midlife crisis:
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A turning point experienced by many people between ages 45 to 65, when they realize that life may be half over and they reasses the next phase of their lives
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Empty-nest syndrome:
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A sense of depression and a loss of purpose that some parents experience when the youngest child leaves home
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Menopause:
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The cessation of menstruation; biological changes that occur during the years of her declining ability to reproduce
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Programmed theories:
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The view that aging is a result of genetics
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Cellular damage theories:
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The view that aging occurs because body cells lose the capacity to reproduce and maintain themselves as a result of damage
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Free radical:
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An unstable molecule present in the human body that is thought by some scientists to be a cause of aging
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Cross-linking:
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A possible cause of aging in which proteins within a cell bind together, toughening body tissues and eventually leading to the breakdown of various body processes
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Dementia:
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A serious loss of cognitive function
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Senile dementia:
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A decrease in mental ability that sometimes occurs after the age of 65
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Alzheimer's disease:
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An irreversible, progressive brain disorder characterized by the deteriortion of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning
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Ego Integrity:
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According to Erickson, the belief in late adulthood that life is still meaningful and worthwhile; also the wisdom to accept one's approaching death
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Hospice:
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A type of care for terminally ill patients; an organization that provides such care
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Euthanasia:
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The act of killing or enabling the death of a hopelessly sick or injured individual in a relatively painless way; also called mercy killing
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Living will:
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Legal document in which the signer requests to be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by artificial means if disabled beyond a reasonable expectation of recovery
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Bereaved:
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Mourning after the death of a loved one
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