Aging Flashcards

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What is primary aging?

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  • caused by the passage of time and inherited biological factors
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what is secondary aging?

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  • caused by disease and substance abuse (alcohol)
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3
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What happens to our 5 senses as we age?

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  • our 5 senses decrease
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4
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what are the positive effcects of aging?

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Extended vocabulary and greator knowledge of the depth of words

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5
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negatives of aging

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  • sensory acuity
    -Heart action
    -Muscle strength
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6
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What happens in Adulthood and the brain?

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  • The corpus callosum shirnks (20-70)
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