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Life Stagess
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| growth | measureable physical changes that occur throughout a persons life |
| Development | changes in intellectual mental emotional social and functional skills that occur over time |
| Infancy | birth to 1 year |
| Life Stages | development from birth to death |
| Early Childhood | one to six years |
| Late Childhood | six to twelve years |
| Adolescence | twelve to eighteen |
| Early Adulthood | nineteen to forty |
| Middle Adulthood | forty to sixty-five |
| Late Adulthood | sixty-five and up |
| physical | refers to body growth and includes height and weight changes, muscle and nerve development, and changes in body organs |
| Mental or Cognitive | refers to intellectual development and includes learning how to solve problems, make judgements, and deal with situations |
| Emotional | refers to feelings and includes dealing with love, hate, joy, fear,and excitement |
| Social | interactions and relationships with other people |
| Puberty | development of the sexual organs and secondary sexual characteristics |
| Anorexia nervosa | psychological disorder in which a person reduces food intake or refuses to eat at all |
| Bulimia | psychological disorder in which a person binges and then fasts |
| Bulimarexia | when a person induces vomiting or uses laxatives to get rid of food that has been eaten |
| Chemical Abuse | use of substances such as alcohol or drugs and the development of physical or mental dependence on these |
| Suicide | one of the leading causes of death in adolescence |
| Alzheimer's Disease | irreversible loss of memory |
| Arterioscelerosis | thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries |
| Terminal Illness | disease that can't be cured and will result in death |
| Denial | when person can't accept reality of death |
| Anger | no longer able to deny death |
| Bargaining | patient accepts death but wants more time to live |
| Depression | patients realize death will come soon, and they will no longer be with their families or complete their goals |
| Acceptance | patients understand and accept the fact that they are going to die |
| Hospice | care that provides comfort and support when meeting the needs of the dying patient |
| Right to Die | when a person who has a terminal illness is allowed to refuse measures that would prolong life |
| Needs | a lack of something that is required or desired |
| Physiological Needs | basic needs |
| Safety | the need to be free from anxiety and fear |
| Affection | a warm and tender feeling for another person |
| Sexuality | peoples feelings concerning their masculine or feminine natures |
| Esteem | feeling important and worth while |
| Self-actualization | people have obtained their full potential or what they want to be |
| Motivated | stimulated |
| Satisfaction | feeling of pleasure or fufillment |
| Tension | frustration |
| Defense mechanisms | unconsious acts that help a person deal with an unpleasant situation or socially unacceptable behavior |