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113 Cards in this Set
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Activities of Daily Life
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eating, bathing, toileting, walking, and dressing.
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Adolescent egocentrism
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the tendency of adolescents to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others.
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Ageism
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prejudice against the aged - preventing elderly from being as happy and productive as they could be.
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Alzheimer's disease
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common form of dementia characterized by plaques and tangles in the cerebral cortex.
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Analytic intelligence
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mental processes that foster efficient learning.
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Antithesis
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an idea opposing the thesis.
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Average life expectancy
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years newborn is expected to live within a particular population.
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B cells
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creates antibodies that attack bacteria and viruses.
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Bickering
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petty, peevish arguing, usually repeated and ongoing.
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Body Mass Index (BMI)
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weight divided by height.
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Cataracts
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thickening of the lens of the eye.
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Cellular errors
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the inability for cells to replicate themselves exactly, allowing aging.
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Chronological age
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actual physical age.
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Climacteric
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three years before and after menopause.
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Common couple violence
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abusive relationship that tends to improve with time and/or counseling.
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Compression of morbidity
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limiting the time a person is ill.
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Control processes
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strategies for retaining and retrieving information.
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Creative intelligence
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intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.
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Crystallized intelligence
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the accumulation of facts, information, and knowledge.
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Deductive reasoning
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thinking that moves from premise to specific conclusion.
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Dementia
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severely impaired thinking, memory, or problem-solving ability.
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Demography
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the study of population numbers.
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Dependency ratio
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ratio of self-sufficient, productive adults to dependents - elderly and children.
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Dialectical thought
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thinking that involves the consideration of both poles of an idea and their reconciliation, or synthesis, in a new idea.
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Disability
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the inability to perform normal activities.
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Disenfranchised grief
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the practice of excluding certain people from mourning.
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Drug use
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the ingestion of a drug, regardless of amount or effect.
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Ecological niche
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lifestyle and social context compatible with personality needs and interests for adults.
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Elderspeak
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resembles baby talk, simple short sentences, exaggerated emphasis, slower rate, higher pitch, repetitive.
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Elisabeth Kubler Ross
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brought scholarly research and compassionate attention to the psychological needs of the dying people.
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Emptying the nest
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the time at which all dependents move out of the house.
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E. Erikson
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a theorist who study the importance of identity.
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Expertise
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specialized competence.
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Explicit memory
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easy to retrieve, usually with words. Words, data and concepts.
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Familism
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the belief that family unity is more important than freedom and success.
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Fluid intelligence
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flexible reasoning used to draw inferences.
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Foreclosure
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premature identity formation in adolescents.
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Frail elderly
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over 65, physically infirm, very ill, or cognitively impaired.
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Functional age
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age at which the body and mind function.
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Gateway drugs
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drugs whose use increases the risk of later using harder drugs.
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Gateways to attraction
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various qualities that are prerequisites for the formation of close friendships and intimate relationships.
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Gender crossover
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an actual switching of roles and traits later in life.
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General intelligence
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one basic trait, underlying all cognitive abilities.
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Generation gap
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differences between the younger and older generations.
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Generational stake
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family members in different developmental stages see the family in different ways.
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Geriatrics
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medical specialty devoted to aging.
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Gerontology
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the study of old age.
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Glass ceiling
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an invisible barrier to career advancement.
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Glaucoma
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hardening of the eyeball due to the buildup of fluid.
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Grand parenthood - Remote
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honored and respected from a distance
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Grand parenthood - Involved
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active in seeing grandchildren on a daily basis.
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Grand parenthood - Companionate
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characterized by independence and friendship; a relationship sought by most grandparents.
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Growth spurt
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a sudden, uneven, and somewhat unpredictable jump in the size of almost every part of the body.
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Heterogamy
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marriage between people with dissimilar interests and backgrounds.
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Homeostasis
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a state of physiological equilibrium.
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Homogamy
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marriage between people with similar interests and backgrounds.
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Hormone replacement therapy
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treatment to compensate for hormone reduction at menopause or following surgical removal of the ovaries.
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Identity
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a unique and consistent, self-definition, based on roles, attitudes, beliefs, and aspirations.
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Identity achievement
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an individual's self-definition.
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Identity diffusion
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the individual has a few commitments to goals or values.
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Imaginary audience
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a creation of adolescents, who are preoccupied with how others react to their appearance and behavior.
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Implicit memory
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unconscious or automatic memory.
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Incidence
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how often a particular behavior or circumstance occurs.
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Infertility
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failure to conceive a child after a year or more of intercourse w/o contraception.
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Instrumental Activies of Daily Life
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actions that require intellectual competence and forethought.
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Intimate terrorism
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abusive relationship that leads to battered-wife syndrome.
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In vitro fertilization
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fertilization of ova outside the body.
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Invincibility fable
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adolescents feel immune to the consequences of dangerous behavior.
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Kinkeeper
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ensures that relatives maintain contact; individual focuses more on the family.
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Life review
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putting one's life into perspective; elderly's examination of past life.
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Maslow's hierarchy of needs
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physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, success and esteem, and self-actualization.
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Maximum life span
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oldest age to which members of the same species can live under ideal circumstances. (120 years)
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Menarche
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onset of menstruation in females.
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Menopause
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the cessation of ovulation and menstruation.
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Midlife crisis
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a period of unusual anxiety, radical reexamination, and sudden transformation associated with middle age.
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Morbidity rate
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rate of disease in a given population.
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Mortality rate
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number of death per year.
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Multi infarct dementia
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temporary obstructions of blood vessels, preventing sufficent blood from reaching the brain causing dementia.
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Negative identity
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an identity opposite of the one an adolescent is expected to adopt.
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Obesity
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a BMI of 30 or more.
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Organ reserve
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extra capacity for responding to stressful events.
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Parasuicide
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self-destructive act that does not result in death.
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Parental monitoring
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awareness of where children are and what they are doing.
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Parkinson's disease
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characterized by muscle tremors and rigidity, and sometimes dementia; caused by reproduction of dopamine in brain.
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Peer pressure
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social pressure from peers that makes adolescents do things that they otherwise would not do.
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Personal fable
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adolescents imagine their own lives as unique, heroic, or even legendary.
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J. Piaget
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a theorist that believes that formal operational thought is the last stage of cognitive development.
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Practical intelligence
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intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving.
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Prevalence
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how widespread within a population a particular behavior or circumstance is.
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Primary aging
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universal changes that occur as we age.
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Primary sex characteristics
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the sex organs involved in reproduction.
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Puberty
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period of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that ends childhood.
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Role
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an obligation held by a person such as wife or mother.
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Role buffering
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achievement in one role reduces the impact of disappointments in other roles.
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Role overload
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stress of multiple obligations.
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Sandwich generation
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those pressured by the needs of the older and younger generations.
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Secondary aging
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age-related changes that are caused by health habits, genes, and other conditions.
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Secondary sex characteristics
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physical characteristics not invoved in reproduction.
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Senescence
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age-related decline.
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Senile macular degeneration
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deterioration of the retina.
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Set point
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a weight settling point that the body tries to maintain.
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Social clock
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the culturally set timetable at which key life events are deemed appropriate.
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Social homogamy
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the similarity with which a couple regard leisure interests and role preferences.
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Spermarche
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first ejaculation containing sperm by males.
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Subcortical dementia
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brain disorders that do not directly involve thinking and memory.
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Suicide
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ending one's own life.
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Suicidal ideation
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contemplation of suicide.
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Synthesis
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a new idea that integrates both the original thesis and its opposite.
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T cells
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attack infected cells and strengthen other aspects of the immune system's functioning.
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Thesis
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a new idea.
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Vitality
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a measure of health that refers to how healthy or energetic a person actually feels.
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Wear-to-tear theory
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the idea that the body wears out because of the passage of time and exposure to environmental stressors.
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Wisdom
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a cognitive perspective characterized by a broad, practical, comprehensive approach to life's problems, reflecting timeless truths rather than immediate expediency.
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