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Psychology
Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Menopause | the biological event in which a woman’s production of sex hormones is sharply reduced. |
| 2.Generativity | the desire, in middle age, to use one’s accumulated wisdom to guide future generations. |
| 3.Stagnation | a discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past. |
| 4.decremental model of aging | idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age. |
| 5.Ageism | prejudice or discrimination against the elderly. |
| 6.Dementia | decreases in mental abilities, which can be experienced by some people in old age. |
| 7.Alzheimer's disease | a condition that destroys a person’s ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself. |
| 8.Thanatology | the study of dying and death. |
| 9.Hospice | a facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying. |