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Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs - ANSWER - Five categories of human needs that
motivate human behavior
- physiologic, security and safety, love and belonging, self esteem, self actualization
Cohort effect - ANSWER enables us to understand older adults from different cultures and
different geographical areas
In Eriksons older adults will experience what? - ANSWER Ego integrity vs. despair-evaluating
one's life/accomplishments for meaning
Biological Theories - ANSWER explain the physiological processes that change with aging,
how is aging manifested on the molecular level in the cells, tissues, and body system.
Stochastic (statistical) perspective - ANSWER Identifies episodic events that happen
throughout one's life that cause random cell damage and accumulate over time, causing aging
Includes: Free radical, cross linking theory, wear and tear
Free radical theory - ANSWER proposes that aging is due to oxidative metabolism and the
effects of free radicals.
Wear and tear theory - ANSWER Cumulative changes as cells age and damage cellular
metabolism (Example-inability to repair damaged DNA -- heart, neurons, striated muscle,
brain cant replace after they are destroyed by wear and tear.
Nonstochastic perspective - ANSWER Aging occurs because of pre-programmed genetic
attributes or biological clock
Nursing theories of aging - ANSWER developed to address the need for providing framework
to guide caregivers in nursing homes how to care for the older people and how to support
them in the development process of aging
Is a big decline in memory and cognitive ability a part of the normal aging process? - ANSWER
, No; our brains should remain relatively healthy as we age; this could be a separate disease
process
What are some things that the natural process of aging includes? - ANSWER involves subtle
changes in brain structure, chemistry, and function that commonly begin in midlife
What is decline in bone mass accelerated by? - ANSWER Immobility*