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36 Cards in this Set
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Gerontologist
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Specialists who study aging
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Ageism
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Prejudice and discrimination directed at older people
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Primary Aging
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Agind that involves universal and irreversible changes that, due to genetic programming, occur as people get older
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Secondary aging
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Changes in physical and cognitive functioning that are due to illness, health habits, and other individaul differences, but which are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable
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Peripheral alowing hypothesis
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The theory that suggests that overall processing speed declines in the peripheral nervous system with increasing age.
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Generalized slowing hypothesis
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The theory of processing in all parts of the nervous system, including the brain, is less efficient
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Dementia
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The most common mental disorder of the elderly,it covers several diseases, each of which includes serious memory loss accompanied by declines in other mental fuctioning
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Alzheimer's disease
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A progressive brain disorder that produces loss of memory and confusion
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Genetic programming theories of aging
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Theories that suggest that our bodies DNA genetic code contains a built-in time limit for the reproduction of human cells
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Wear-and-tear theories
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The theory that the mechanical functions of the body simply wear out
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Life expectancy
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The average age of death for members of a population
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Plasticity
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The degree to which a developing structure or behavior of modifiable due to experince
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Autobiographical memory
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Memory of particular events from ones own life
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Ego-integrity vs despair stage
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Erikson's final stage of life, characterized by a process of looking back over one's life, evaluating it, and coming to terms with it
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Redefinition of self versus preoccupation with work role
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The theory that those in old age must redifine themselves in ways that do not relate to their work-roles or occupations
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Body trancendence vs body preoccupation
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A period in which people must learn to cope with and move beyond changes in physical capabilities as a result of aging
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Ego trancendence versus ego preoccupation
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The period in which elderly people must come to grips with their coming death
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Life review
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The point in life in which people examine and evaluate their lives
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Age stratification theories
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The view of that an unequal distribution of economic resources, power, and priviledge exists among people at different stages of the life course
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Wisdom
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Expert knowledge in the practical aspects of life
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disengagement theory
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The period in late adulthood that marks a gradual withdrawal from the world on physical, psychological, and social levels
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Activity theory
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Theory suggesting that successfula aging occurs when people maintain the interests, activiteis and social interactions with which they were involved during middle age
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Continuity theory
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The theory suggesting that people need to maintain their desired level of involvement in society in order to maximize their sense of well-being and self-esteem
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Selective optimization
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The process by which people concentrate on selected skills areas to compensate for losses in other areas
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Social support
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Assistance and comfort supplied by another person or a network of caring, interested people
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Elder abuse
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The psysical and psychological mistreatment or neglect of elderly individuals
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Functional death
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The absence of heartbeat and breathing
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Brain death
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A diagnosis of death bassed on the cessation of all signs of brain activity, as measured by electrical brain waves
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Sudden infant death syndrome (sids)
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The unexplained death of a seemingly healthy baby
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Thanatologist
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People who study death and dying
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Living wills
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Legal document designating what medical treatments people want or do not want if they cannon express their wishes
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Euthanasia
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The practise of assisting people who are terminally ill to die more quickly
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Home care
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An alternative to hospitalization in which dying people stay in their homes and receive treatment from their families and visiting medical staff
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Hospice care
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Care provided for the dying in institutions devoted to those who are terminally ill
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Bereavement
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Aknowledgement of the objective fact that one has experienced a death
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Grief
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The emotional response to one's loss
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