DEV Chapter 8: Middle Adulthood Part 2 Flashcards

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a powerful way to combat the changes we associate with aging. Exercise builds muscle, increases metabolism, helps control blood sugar, increases bone density, and relieves stress

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THE IMPACT OF EXERCISE

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a lifestyle that includes only the physical activity of independent living

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SEDENTARY

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means a lifestyle that includes physical activity equivalent to walking more than 1.5 to 3 miles per day at 3 or 4 miles per hour, in addition to the activities of independent living.

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MODERATE ACTIVITY

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means a lifestyle that includes physical activity of walking more than 3 miles per day at 3 or 4 miles per hour, in addition to the activities of independent living

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ACTIVE

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the accumulation of fat in the abdomen

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MIDDLE-AGED SPREAD

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the process by which the body converts food and drink into energy

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METABOLISM

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the midlife transition when fertility declines

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CLIMACTERIC

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refers to a period of transition in which a woman’s ovaries stop releasing eggs and the level of estrogen and progesterone production decreases.

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PERIMENOPAUSE

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defined as 12 months without menstruation.

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Menopause

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surge of adrenaline that can awaken the brain
from sleep

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hot flash

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testosterone levels decline significantly

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andropause or late-onset hypogonadism

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refers to the capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities
quickly and abstractly

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fluid intelligence

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refers to the accumulated knowledge
of the world we have acquired throughout our lives

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crystallized intelligence

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the mental state of being completely present and fully absorbed in a task

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Flow

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knowledge that is pragmatic or practical and learned through experience
rather than explicitly taught

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Tacit knowledge

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Plus 50 Initiative

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assists community college in creating or
expanding programs that focus on workforce training and new careers for the plus-50
population.

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refers to specialized skills and knowledge that pertain to a particular topic or activity

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Expertise

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someone who has limited experiences with a particular task

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novice

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Expert thought characteristics

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Intuitive - Novices follow particular steps and rules when problem solving, whereas
experts can call upon a vast amount of knowledge and past experience.

Automatic - Complex thoughts and actions become more routine for experts.

Strategic - Experts have more effective strategies than non-experts.

Flexible - Experts in all fields are more curious and creative; they enjoy a challenge and
experiment with new ideas or procedures

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leisure

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time off from work and duties

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defined as a pattern of physical and psychological
responses in an organism after it perceives a threatening
event that disturbs its homeostasis and taxes its abilities to
cope with the event

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stress

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to label a stimulus
that had this effect on the body
(that is, causing stress)

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stressor

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a three-phase model of
stress, which includes a
mobilization of physiological
resources phase, a coping
phase, and an exhaustion
phase (i.e., when an organism
fails to cope with the stress
adequately and depletes its
resources)

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General
Adaptation Syndrome

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Type A Behavior

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being competitive, impatient, hostile, and time urgent.

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(absence of Type A behaviors

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Type B Behavior

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the concept used to describe
the number of social roles that you have

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Social integration

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a technique where the individual is shown bodily information that is not normally available to
them (e.g., heart rate), and then taught strategies to alter this signal.

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biofeedback

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thought of as actively
addressing the event that is causing stress in an
effort to solve the issue at hand.

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Problem-focused coping

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regulates the
emotions that come with stress.

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Emotion focused coping

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encompasses procreativity, productivity, and
creativity.

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generativity

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refers to adults who have at least one parent age 65 or older and are
either raising their own children or providing support for their grown children.

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sandwich generation

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person or persons who keep the family connected and who promote solidarity and continuity in
the family

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kinkeeper

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refers to the time period when children are
grown up and have left home

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empty nest, or post-parental period

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empty nest syndrome

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refers to great emotional distress experienced by
parents, typically mothers, after children have left home. T

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young adults who
are returning after having lived independently outside the
home

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boomerang kids

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The notion that people in important
relationships, such as children and
parents, mutually influence each other’s
developmental pathways

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linked lives

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divorce enhancers

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those who had used the experience to better themselves and seek
more productive intimate relationships

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those who used their divorce
experience to grow emotionally, but who choose to stay single

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competent loners

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they regulate the flow of information about their new romantic partner to their children

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Post-divorce parents gatekeep

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remote grandparents

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rarely saw their grandchildren

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companionate grandparents

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they did things with their grandchildren but had little authority or
control over them.

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involved grandparents

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they took a very active role in their grandchild’s life

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refers to engaging with a formal religious
group’s doctrines, values, traditions, and co-members.

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religiosity

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an individual’s intrapsychic
sense of connection with something transcendent (that
which exists apart from and not limited by the material
universe) and the subsequent feelings of awe, gratitude,
compassion, and forgiveness

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spirituality