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Chapter 9 late adulthood Flashcards

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Gerontologists

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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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Aging that involves universal and irreversible changes that 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 illnesses health habits and other individual differences but are not due to increased age itself and are not inevitable.

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Osteoporosis

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A condition in which the bones become brittle fragile and then often brought about it by a lack of calcium in the diet.

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Double standard

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By which women are judged more harshly than men.

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Peripheral slowing 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 that processing in all parts of the nervous system including the brain is less efficient as we age

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Cataracts

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Cloudy or opaque areas on the lens of the eye that interfere with the passage of the light

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Age related macular degeneration

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Affecting the macula a yellowish area near the retina at which visual perception is most acute

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Hypertension

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High blood pressure one of the most common health problems of old age

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Major neurocognitive disorder

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The most common mental disorder of the elderly it covers several diseases each of which include serious memory loss accompanied by declines and other mental functioning

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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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Series that suggest 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 of aging

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The theory that the mechanical functions of the body simply wear out with age

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Life expectancy

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The average age of death for members of a population

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Telomere therapy

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Tiny areas at the tip of chromosomes that grow shorter each time a cell divides and eventually disappear, ending cell replication

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Drug therapy

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Scientists discover that the drug rapamycin could extend life in mice by 14% by interfering with the activity of protein

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Autobiographical memory

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Memories about one’s own life

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Ego integrity versus despair stage

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Erickson’s final stage of life characterized by a process of looking back over one’s life evaluating it in coming to terms with it

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Redefinition of self versus preoccupation with work roll

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The theory that those in old age must read to find them selves in ways that don’t relate to their work rolls

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Body transcendence versus body preoccupation

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A period in which people must learn to cope with and move beyond changes and physical capabilities as a result of aging

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Ego transcendence 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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Age stratification theories

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The view that an unequal distribution of economic resources power and privilege exists among people at different stages of life

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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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The theory suggesting that successful aging occurs when people maintain the interests activities 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

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Selective optimization

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The process by which people concentrate on selected school areas to compensate for loss is in other areas

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Continuing care community

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A community that offer is in environment in which all the residents are of retirement age or older

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Adult daycare facilities

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A facility in which elderly individuals receive care only during the day but spend nights and weekends in their own homes

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Skilled nursing facilities

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A facility that provides full-time nursing care for people who have chronic illnesses or are recovering from a temporary medical condition

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Social support

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Assistance in comfort supplied by another person or a network of caring interested people

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Elder abuse

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The physical or psychological mist treatment or neglect of elderly individuals

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