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Senescence

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A gradual decline relating to age

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Typically adults feel how much younger than their chronological age?

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5-10

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The aging brain

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(1) Neurons fire slowly, neurological reserves, homeostasis and allostasis protects the brain (2) Brain decreases in size

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Outward beauty

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Collagen decreases by 1% each year (by age 30 skin is becoming thinner and less flexible and wrinkle appear)

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Wrinkles appear on all faces at what age

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60

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Outward appearance

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Hair turns grey, middle aged spread appears, muscle weakens, height decreases

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Vision

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Color is less vivid, peripheral vision narrows faster, farsightedness and nearsightedness

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Presbycusis

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Loss of hearing that is associated with senescence

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Contraception

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Birth control, sterilization, early abortion

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Sexual arousal

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Happens more slowly, adults were more satisfied when having sex in a committed monogamous relationship

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Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)

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Advances in medicine have solves about half of all fertility problems

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In vitro fertilization

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Procedure which ova are surgically removed from a woman and fertilized with sperm in a lab

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Andropause

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Drop in testosterone in males

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Menopause

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When a woman’s menstrual periods cease and hormone production drop, menopause is dated 1 year after a woman’s last menstrual cycle

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Hormone replacement therapy

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Treatment to compensate for hormone reductio at menopause or after removal of the ovaries , minimizes menopause symptoms

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Alcohol

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Reduces coronary heart disease, increases HDL and lowers LDL

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Health and habits and age

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Adults gain average of 1-2 lbs each year, 2/3 of adults are overweight

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public health

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Measures that help prevent morbidity, mortality and disability in the public at large

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Mortality

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Death

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Morbidity

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Disease

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Disability

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Difficulty in performing a normal activity of daily life

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Vitality

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A measure of health that refers to how healthy and energetic an individual actually feels

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DALY

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measure the reduced quality of life caused by diability

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QALY

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compare mere survival without vitality to survival with good health, full year of health is full QALY

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General intelligence (spearman)
Involves all cognitive abilities which people possess in varying amounts
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Research on age and intelligence combines what
Cross sectional research and longitudinal
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Cross sectional
Compares groups of people who differ in age
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Cross sequential
First study groups of people of different ages and then follow the groups over the years
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Longitudinal
Research designed following same individuals over a period of time
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Fluid intelligence
make learning quick and thorough, testing short term memory and abstract thought, decreases with age
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Crystallized intelligence
reflects accumulated learning, vocabulary and general information
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Creative intelligence
A form of intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative, valued in new challenges
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Analytical intelligence
A form of intelligence that involves such mental processes as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention and info processing, valued in school
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Practical intelligence
The intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving, valued in adulthood
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KIDI
Measures how much caregivers know about infants
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Avoidant coping
Methods of responding to a stressor by ignoring, forgetting or hiding it
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Problem focused coping
Strategy to deal with stress by tackling a stressful situation directly
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Emotion focused coping
Strategy to deal with stress by changing feelings about the stressor rather than changing the stressor itself
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Weathering
Gradual accumulation of stress
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Religious coping
Process of turning to faith as a method of coping with stress
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Selective optimization with compensation
Ex: multitasking; The theory that people try to maintain a balance in their lives by looking for the best way to compensate for physical and cognitive losses and to become more proficient in activities they are already good at
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Intuitive
Novices follow formal procedures, experts rely on past experiences
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Strategic
Experts have more and better strategies when problems are unexpected
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Automatic
Experts process incoming info more quickly and analyze it more efficiently
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Flexible
Deliberately experimenting and enjoying new challenges when things do not go according to plan
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Women's work
A term used to denigrate domestic and caregiving tasks that were once thought to be the responsibility of females
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Erikson stages after adolescence
Intimacy vs isolation, Generativity vs stagnation, Integrity vs despair
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Maslow
Movement up the hierarchy of needs is only when people have satisfied their needs at one level and are ready for the next step
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Self transcendence
Maslows term for after Self actualization
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Midlife crisis
Supported period of unusual anxiety, radical self reexamination and sudden transformation
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What contributes to personality
Genes, parents, culture, adult circumstances
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Big Five
The 5 basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout adulthood (Openness, neuroticism, agreeableness, extroversion, conscientiousness)
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Personality with age
Personality shifts slightly with age
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2 vies on personality
Personality is shaped by regional culture OR personality is innate, fixed at birth and largely impervious to social pressure
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Social convoy
Family members, friends (most crucial) and acquaintances who move through life with an individual
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Relationship between child and parent if living together
Relationship deteriorates if they live together
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Familism
Belief that family members should support each other
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Amicable family relationship
Close relationships with adult child
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Detached family relationship
Distance relationship with adult child
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Disharmonious family relationship
Conflict in relationship with adult child
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Ambivalent family relationship
Both close and critical relationships with adult child, high on communication
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Fictive kin
Someone who is accepted as part of the family to which there is no blood relation
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Family of origin
Family each person is born into
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Family of choice
Family one creates for oneself as an adult
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Cohabiters and happiness correlation
cohabiters who expect to marry are more likely than those who live together for convenience
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Living apart together
Couple who do not live together and are over 30
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First 6 months on marriage
Honeymoon stage
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6 months to 5 yrs marriage
Happiness drops, divorce is common, first kid arrives
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5 to 10 years marriage
Happiness holds steadt
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10 to 20 yrs marriage
Happiness dips with children reacing puberty
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20 to 30 yrs of marriage
Happiness rises when children leave the nest
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30-50 yrs
Happiness is high and steady, barring serious health problems
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Divorce
Those who divorce after distressed marriages are happier after divorce however those who divorce after distant marriages are sadder
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Caregiving aged parents
Sandwich generation where middle aged people need to care for their kids and their own parents
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Kinkeeper
A caregiver who takes responsibility for maintaining communication among family members
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Intrinsic rewards of work
The intangible gratifications that come from within oneself as a result of doing a job
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Extrinsic rewards of work
Money, health insurance, pension
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Flextime
An arrangement in which work schedules are flexible so that employees can balance personal and occupational responsibilities
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Part-time work and self-employment
Non standard work schedules often correlate with personal, relational and child rearing difficulties
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Job satisfaction depends on what?
The job, home situation, workers ability to balance intimacy and generativity needs

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