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- Special DNA
- Located at the ends of chromosomes and serves as a cap to protect the ends from desctruction
- Shortens and eventually the cell can no longer duplicate
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| Midlife transition in which fertility declines |
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| The end of menstruation & reproductive capacity |
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| Old hearing; decline of hearing |
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| Lens accomodation declines, become far sighted |
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| Consequences of aging due to lifestyle choices |
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| As nuerons in the brain die, breaks in neural networks occur. The brain adapts by forming bypasses, new synaptic connections that go around the breaks but are less efficient |
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| Older adults experience greater loss of info as it moves through the cognitive system; as a result the whole system must slow down to inspect & interpret the info |
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| Selective Optimization w/ Compensation |
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| Strategies for maintaining performance to compensate for cognitive reduction |
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| Gathering family for celebrations & making sure everyone stays in touch; usually mother-figure of middle generation |
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| The idea that middle adults must care for the generations above and below them at the same time |
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- Future-oriented representations of what one hopes to become and what one is afraid of becoming
- Temporal dimensions of self-concept
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| Skipped-generation Family |
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| Children living w/ grandparents but not parents |
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- In US old age is looked down on so women experience depression, hot flashes, etc.
- In cultures where elders are respected women report little discomfort in menopause
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| Mitochondrial Theory of Aging |
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- Free radical damage, oxidative stress, and less mitochondrial activity
- Decline in metabolism of free radicals in mitochondria
- Exercise helps
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| Cognitive Changes in Middle Adulthood |
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- Info processing slows
- Sleep changes
- Practical intelligence increases
- Domain-specific intelligence maintenance
- Creativity
- Expert cognition can be reached
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| Experiences that Promote Well-being |
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- Adjust hopes & fears
- Maintain a sense of unacheived possibility
- Permit self-affirmation
- Protective roles of possible selves
- Autonomy
- Self-acceptance
- Environmental mastery
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| Difficult Child-Parent Relationships |
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- Single parents
- Children not doing well
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