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Psychology
12th Grade
09/30/2013

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Term
Menopause
Definition
biological event in which women's production of hormones is sharply reduced.
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Daniel Levinson
Definition
Theory of Male Development
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Midlife Crisis
Definition
Typically a male life event, recently more women have been experiencing this.
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Generativity
Definition
The desire in middle age to use one's wisdom to guide a younger generation.
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Stagnation
Definition
Desire to recapture the past and stop development.
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Decremental model of aging
Definition
the idea the progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age.
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Ageism
Definition
Discrimination by age.
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Health problems in aging
Definition
Hypertension, Heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis.
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Senile dementia
Definition
decreased mental abilities experienced by some in old age.
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Alzheimer's disease
Definition
condition that destroys a person's ability to think, remember, and relate to others.
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Thanatology
Definition
study of dying and death.
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Hospice
Definition
a facility designed to care for special needs of the dying.
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Definition
Theory of stages of dying.
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