HS015-Exam-3

Coercive sexual activity directed at someone with whom the perpetrator is at least casually acquainted

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• strong sexual and infatuation components and
• predominates in the early period of love

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• an individual desires to have the other person
• near and has a deep, caring affection for the other person

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• the strongest form of love that involves all
• three dimensions

passion mostly with intimacy and commitment low

high intimacy and commitment but low passion

as when one person worships another from a distance

talk that is designed to give information and includes publib speaking

the language of conversation; it is a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships

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• how life events influence an individuals
• development depends not only on the life event itself but on mediating factors
• (physical health and family support) and adaptation
• to life events also life stage
• context and the socio-historical
• context

group of individuals born in the same year or time period

the timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish life's tasks, such as getting married, having children, or establishing themselves in a career

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• a decrease in marital satisfaction after
• children leave home, because parents derive considerable satisfaction from
• their children

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• Infammation of the joints that is accompanied by
• pain, stiffness, and movement problems; especially common in older adults

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• A chronic condition that involves an extensive
• loss of bone tissue and is the main reason many older adults walk with a marked
• stoop. Women are especially vulnerable

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• involves damage to the optic nerve because of
• the pressure created by a buildup of fluid in the eye (eye drops as treatment)

• a disease that involves deterioration of the
• macula of the retina, which corresponds to the focal center of the visual field
• (laser surgery if detected early, but overall leads to vision impairment)

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• a thickening of the lens of the eye that causes
• vision to become cloudy, opaque, and distorted (glasses or simple surgical
• procedure)

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• the retention of information about the where and
• when of life’s happening

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• A person’s knowledge about the world—including a
• person’s fields of expertise, general academic knowledge of the sort learned in
• school, and “everyday knowledge”

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• is the ability to remember where one learned
• something.

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• Awkward situations can occur, when an older
• forget who told the joke and retells it to the source

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• is focusing on a specific aspect of experience
• that is relevant while ignoring others that are irrelevant

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• Concentrating on more than one activity at the
• same time

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• Focused and extended engagement with an object,
• task, event, or other aspect of the environment

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• Episodic memory declines more than semantic
• memory in older adultsr

• A global term for any neurological disorder in
• which the primary symptoms involve a deterioration of mental functioning

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• A progressive, irreversible brain disorder
• characterized by a gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and
• eventually physical function

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• the theory that the more active and involved
• older adults are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with their lives

Prejudice against others because of their age, especially prejudice against older adults

Generativity---encompasses adults desire to leave legacies of themselves to the next generation

Stagnation--develops when individuals feel they have done nothing for the next gen

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• A theory that older adults become more selective
• about their social networks. Because of
• emotional satisfaction, older adults often spend more time with familiar
• individuals with whom they have had rewarding relationships.

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• The view that our aging society is being unfair
• to its younger members because older adults pile up advantages by receiving
• inequitably large allocations of resources

During late adulthood, involves reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or conducting that one's life has not been well spent

Prominent in integrity vs. despair

-invovles looking back at one's life experiences, evaluating them, interpreting them and often reinerpreting them