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Psychology Chapter 5
Question | Answer |
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menopause | The biological event in which a woman’s production of sex hormones is sharply reduced. |
generativity | The desire, in middle age, to use one’s accumulated wisdom to guide future generations. |
stagnation | A discontinuation of development and a desire to recapture the past. |
decremental model of aging | Idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age. |
ageism | Prejudice or discrimination against the elderly. |
dementia | Decreases in mental abilities, which can be experienced by some people in old age. |
Alzheimer's disease | A condition that destroys a person’s ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself. |
hospice | A facility designed to care for the special needs of the dying. |
thanatology | The study of dying and death. |