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The Voyage Through the Life Span: Adolescence and Adulthood

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The period of life bounded by puberty and the assumption of adult responsibilities   show
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show Puberty  
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Characteristics that distinguish the genders, such as distribution of body hair and depth of voice, but that are not directly involved in reproduction   show
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The beginning of menstruation   show
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Piaget's fourth stage, characterized by abstract logical thought; deduction from principles   show
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show Imaginary Audience  
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show Personal Fable  
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show Postconventional Level  
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Erikson's fifth stage of psychosocial development, in which the life crisis involves the development of a firm sense of who one is what one stands for (ego identity) or lack of clarity in one's life roles (role diffusion)   show
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show Exploration  
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In Marcia's system, a stable investment in one's goals, values, or beliefs   show
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show Identity Diffusion  
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In Marcia's system, the automatic adoption of a point of view held by authority figures in one's life   show
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show Moratorium  
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show Identity Achievement  
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The achievement of "grown-up" status as marked by factors such as being of "legal" age, psychological separation from one's family of origin, and financial independence   show
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show Emerging Adulthood  
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show Postformal Stage  
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show The Dream  
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show Intimacy vs. Isolation  
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Levinson's term for the ages from 28-33, which are characterized by reassessment of the goals and values of the 20s   show
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The cessation of menstruation   show
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One's lifetime of intellectual achievement as shown largely through vocabulary and knowledge of world affairs   show
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Mental flexibility as shown in learning rapidly to solve new kinds of problems   show
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Erikson's term for the crisis of middle adulthood, characterized by the task of being productive and contributing to younger generations   show
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Levinson's term for the ages from 40-45, which are characterized by a shift in psychological perspective from viewing ourselves in terms of the years we have left   show
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A sense of depression and loss of purpose felt by some parents when the youngest child leaves home   show
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A crisis experienced by many people during the midlife transition when they realize that life may be more than halfway over and reassess their achievements in terms of their dreams   show
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show Identity Certainty  
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Feelings of self-confidence, self-efficacy   show
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show Sandwich Generation  
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A condition characterized by clouding of the lens of the eye   show
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A condition characterized by abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye   show
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Loss of sharpness of hearing due to age-related degenerative changes in the ear   show
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show Osteoporosis  
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Temporary suspension of breathing while asleep   show
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show Dementia  
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A progressive form of mental deterioration characterized by loss of memory, language, problem solving, and other cognitive functions   show
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Erikson's term for the crisis of late adulthood, characterized by the task of maintaining one's sense of identity despite physical deterioration   show
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show Wisdom  
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show Selective Optimization with Compensation  
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The state of deprivation brought about by the death of a family member or close friend   show
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show Grief  
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A customary method of expressing grief   show
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