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14 Cards in this Set
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menopause
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the biological event in which a woman's production of sex homrmones is sharply reduced
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generativity
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the desire, in middle age, to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations
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stagnation
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a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past
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decremental model of aging
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idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age
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ageism
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prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
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senile dementia
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decreases in mental abilities experienced by some people in old age
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Alzheimer's disease
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a condition that destroys a person's ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself/himself
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thanatology
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the study of dying and death
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hospice
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a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying
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denial
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the first stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying
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anger
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the second stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying
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bargaining
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the third stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying
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depression
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the fourth stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying
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accept
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the fifth and final stage of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying
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