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Life Span
Chapter 18
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ego integrity vs. despair | Erikson's 8th life crisis, defined by maintenance of the belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile despite physical decline and the inevitability of death vs. depression and hopelessness |
| life review | looking back on the events of one's life in late adulthood, often in an effort to construct a meaningful narrative |
| disengagement theory | the view that older adults and society withdraw from one another as older adults approach death |
| activity theory | the view that older adults fare better when they engage in physical and social activities |
| socioemotional selectivity theory | the view that we place increasing emphasis on emotional experience as we age but limit our social contracts to regulate our emotions |
| generalized anxiety disorder | general feelings of dread and foreboding |
| phobic disorder | irrational. exaggerated fear of an object or situation |
| panic disorder | recurrent experiencing of attacks of extreme anxiety in the absence of external stimuli that usually evoke anxiety |
| agoraphobia | fear of open, crowded places |
| elder abuse | the abuse or neglect of senior citizens, particularly in nursing homes |
| selective optimization with compensation | reshaping on one's life to concentrate on what one finds to be important and meaningful in the face of physical decline and possible cognitive impairment |
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