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Leach PSY chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| patriarchy | a social organization marked by the supremacy of males in the clan or family |
| generativity | according to Erikson, the ability to create, originate, and produce throughout adulthood |
| midlife transition | a period in middle adulthood when a person's perspective on his or her life may change significantly |
| midlife crisis | a turning point experieced by many people between ages 45 to 65, when they realize that life may be half over and they feel trapped in meaningless life roles |
| empty-nest syndrome | a sense of depression and a loss of purpose that some parents experience when the youngest child leaves home |
| menopause | the cessation of menstruation; also, the biological changes that a woman experiences during the years of her declining ability to reproduce |
| programmed theories | the view that aging is the result of genetics |
| free radical | an unstable molicule present in the human body that is thought by some scientists to be a cause of aging |
| cross-linking | a possible cause of aging in which proteins within a cell bind together, toughening body tissues and eventually leading to the breakdown of various bodily processes |
| dementia | a serious loss of cognitive function |
| senile dementia | a decrease in mental ability that sometimes occurs after the age of 65 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | an irreversible, progressive brain disorder characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning |
| ego integrity | according to Erikson, a strong sense of identity during late adulthood that is characterized by the wisdom to accept the fact that life is limited |
| hospice | a type of care for terminally ill patients |
| euthanasia | the act of killing or enabling the death of a hopelessly sick or injured individual in a relatively painless way |
| living wills | legal documents in which the signer requests to be allowed to die rather than be kept alive by artificial means if disabled beyond a reasonable expectation of recovery |
| bereaved | suffering from the death of a loved one |
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