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| Biological Aging or Sencescence |
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| Genetically influenced declines in the functioning of organs and systems that are universal in all members of our species |
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| Located at the ends of chromosones, serving as a "cap" to protect the ends of destruction-- stortens. Eventually, so little remains that the cells no longer duplicate at all. |
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| Naturally occuring, highly reactive chemicals that form in the presence of oxygen |
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| Cross-linkage theory of aging |
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| Overtime, protein fibers that make up the body's connective tissue form bonds, or links, with one another. When these normally separate fibers cross-link, tissue becomes less elastic, leading to many negative outcomes |
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| Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) |
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| The amount of energy the body uses at complete rest |
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Perry's Theory: Epistemic Cognition
(3 parts) |
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Refers to our reflections on how we arrive at facts, beliefs, and ideas
1. Dualistic Thinking
2. Relativistic Thinking
3. Commitment within relativistic thinking |
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Dualistic Thinking
(Perry) |
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| Dividing information, values, and authority into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they |
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Relativistic Thinking
(Perry) |
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| Viewing all knowledge as embedded in a framework of thought. Aware of a diversity of opinions on many topics, they gave up the possibility of absolute truth in favor of multiple truths, each relative to its context |
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Commitment within relativistic thinking
(Perry) |
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| Instead of choosing between opposing views, they try to formulate a more personally satifiying perspective that synthesizes contradictions |
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Postformal thought
(Piaget) |
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| Cognitive developement beyond Piaget's formal operational stage |
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Pragmatic Thought
(Labouvie-Vief) |
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A structural advance in which logic becomes a tool for solving real-world problems
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Cognitive-affective Complexity
(Labouvie-Vief) |
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| Awareness of conflicting positive and negative feelings and coordination of them into a complex, organized structure that recognizes the uniqueness of individual experience |
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| Acquisition of extensive knowledge knowledge in a field or endeavor |
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Fantasy Period
(Career/Vocational) |
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| In early and middle childhood, children gain insight into career options by fantasizing about them |
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Tenative Period
(Career/Vocational) |
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| Between ages 11 and 16, adolescents think about careers in more complex ways, at first in terms of their interests, and soon--as they become more aware of personal and education requirements for different vocations--in terms their abilities and values |
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Reaistic Period
(Career/Vocational) |
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| By the late teens and early twenties, w/ the economic and practical realities of adulthood just around the corner, young people start to narrow their options. |
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Occupational Personality Types
(Holland) |
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- Investigative
- Social
- Realistic
- Artistic
- Conventional
- Enterprising
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Investigative Person
(Holland) |
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| A person who enjoys working with ideas, is likely to select a scientific occupation |
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| A person who likes interacting with people gravitates toward human services |
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Realistic Person
(Holland) |
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| A person who prefers real-world problems and working with ojects, tends to choose a mechanical occupation |
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Artistic Person
(Holland) |
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| A perosn who is meotional andhigh in need for individual, expression, looks toward an artictsic field |
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Conventional Person
(Holland) |
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| A person who likes well-structured task and values material possessions and social status, has traits well-suited to certain business fields |
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Enterprising Person
(Holland) |
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| A person who is adventurous, persuasive, and a strong leaderm is drawn t sales and supervisory positions or to politics |
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