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17 Cards in this Set
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amyloid
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a protein that is produced in abnormally high levels in Alzheimer's disease and that many be responsible for neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques
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average life expectancy
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age at which half of the people born in a particular year will have died
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Alzheimer's Disease
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disease associated with aging, characterized by loss of memory, learning, attention and judgment
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behavior therapy
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approach to treating depression based on increasing the number of rewards or reinforcements in the environment
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cellular theories
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theories of aging that focus on the processes that occur within individual cells with cause the buildup of harmful substances over one's lifetime
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cognitive therapy
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approach to depression based on the idea that maladaptive beliefs or cognitions about ones self are responsible for depression
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cross-linking
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theory of aging in which some proteins interact randomly with certain body tissues, such as muscles and arteries
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dementia
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family of diseases involving serious impairment of behavioral and cognitive functioning
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dysphoria
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feeling sad or down; the most prominent form of depression
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explicit memory
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conscious and intentional recognition of information
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free radicals
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chemicals produced randomly during normal cell metabolism that bond easily to other substances inside cells; may cause cellular damage as associated with aging
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longevity
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number of years a person will live
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metabolic theories
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theories of aging that focus on aspects of the body's metabolism as a reason why people age
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neuritic plaques
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produced when damaged and dying neurons sometimes collect around a core of protein
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presbyopia
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difficulty in seeing close objects clearly
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programmed cell death theories
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theories that suggest that aging is genetically programmed
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strokes
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interruption in the flow of blood in the drain due to a blockage in a cerebral artery
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