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DEP2004 FINAL EXAM STUDY
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GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS ALL
VERIFIED BY AN EXPERT A+
GRADED (LATEST UPDATE)
, Menopause - ANS a woman permanently stops ovulating and menstruating
Drop in estrogen & progesterone
Alzheimer's disease - ANS robs person of intelligence, awareness, ability
to control bodily functions, & finally kills them
Hypertension - ANS (high blood pressure) risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases.
Diabetes - ANS cells lose ability to use insulin produced
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Primary Aging - ANS - Gradual, inevitable process of aging
- Occurs throughout years, despite efforts to slow it
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Secondary Aging - ANS - Results from disease, abuse, and disuse
- Factors within a person's control
prime
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Seattle Longitudinal Study - ANS Cognitively, middle-aged people are in their
- Most participants showed no significant
reduction in ability until late 60s
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Sandwich Generation - ANS A grown up person who's caring for both their elderly parents and
their own children
Fluid Intelligence - ANS ability to solve novel problems with speed & efficiency tends to
decline with age; ability to solve problems in one's expertise increases
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Crystalized Intelligence - ANS ability to remember & use information acquired over a lifetime
continues to increase with age
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Ageism - ANS prejudice or discrimination based on age
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Adult children leaving and returning home - ANS Failure to launch
- adult children delay leaving home
Adult children returning to parents' home
- Revolving door syndrome, boomerang
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Functional Age - ANS How well a person functions physically and socially in comparison with
others the same age
Macular Degeneration - ANS retina loses ability to distinguish details