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7-14-11 Vocab
Psychology Final vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acuity | sharpness or clearness |
| adducted | referring to movement of the extremeties toward the center of the body |
| ageism | discrimination against old people |
| ambloyopia | known as lazy eye |
| atrophy | wasting away |
| autonomy | independence and sense of self |
| basal metabolic rate | the amount of energy that an individual uses at rest |
| bereavement | a state of having sustained a loss |
| carcinogen | cancer producing agents |
| cataracts | a cloudy formation on the lens of the eye |
| climateric | changing of life |
| conscience | a person's internal system of values |
| cooperative/associate: | a play style typical of preschool children in which they begin to take turns and share |
| dermis | the innder layer of the skin directly below the dermis |
| DNR | to not recessutate, an order that guides health care workers with regards to the wishes of the patient |
| egocentric | self centered |
| emotions | expressed feeling tones that influence a person's behavior |
| empty-nest syndrome | a term used to define the reaction to having grown children leave home |
| enuresis | bed wetting after the age when urinary control has been established |
| estrogen | hormone produced by the ovary |
| euthanasia | refers to the deliberate ending of one's life as well as witholding treatment |
| homeostasis | a balance |
| hospice care | provides care to terminally ill patients in the comfort of their homes |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| initiative | erickson's task for the preschool child demonstrated by pretend exploration and trying of new roles |
| insomnia | inability to sleep |
| intimacy | a feeling of warmth, love and affection |
| larynx | the voice box that houses the vocal cords |
| latency | the period described by Freud when school aged choldren sexual energies are relatively dormant |
| life expectancy | the average number of years of life |
| mammography | breast x-ray |
| menarche | the on set of first menses |
| mourning | the natural process that one goes through following a major loss |
| neurons | nerve cells |
| ova | female sex cell |
| parallel play | a play style typical of toddlers whereby they play alongside each other but do not really interact |
| procreation | the ability to reproduce |
| proximity | nearness in location |
| puberty | the period following childhood before adolescence |
| reciprocity | the moral feelings of concern for what is fair to others |
| regression | the return to an earlier stage of development during stressful periods |
| scoliosis | abnormal curvature of the spine |
| school phobia | an intense fear of going to school |
| somatic | pertaining to the body |
| testes | male gonads |
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