chap 5 Flashcards
1
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Menopause
A
the biological event in which a woman’s production of sex hormones is sharply reduced
2
Q
Generativity
A
the desire, in middle age, to use one’s accumulated wisdom to guide future generations
3
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Stagnation
A
discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past
4
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decremental model of aging
A
idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age
5
Q
Ageism
A
prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
6
Q
dementia
A
decreases in mental abilities, which can be experienced by some people in old age
7
Q
Alzheimer’s disease
A
a condition that destroys a person’s ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself
8
Q
Thanatology
A
the study of dying and death
stages of dying
