NUR 110 FINAL 4 - 2. Amygdala Answer Part of the brain's limbic s...

NUR 110 FINAL 4

• life expectancy

Answer Avg number of years that a person can expect to live Currently 79 years

• Amygdala

Answer Part of the brain's limbic system that is involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and aggression.

• Below cortex

• Corpus Callosum

Answer Consists of axon fibers that connect the brain's left and right hemisphere

• These fibers thicken in adolescence and continue to thicken in 3rd decade of life
• improves information processing

• Cohabitating

Answer living together in a sexual relationship without being married Outcome- lower marital satisfaction and increased likelihood of divorce

• sarciopenia

Answer Age-related loss of lean muscle mass and strength

• after 50yr, muscle mass loss rate is 1-2% a year
• Loss of strength in back and legs
• smoking and diabetes are risk factors in middle aged women 1 / 4

• sarcopenic obesity

Answer individuals who have sarcopenia and are obese

• increased risk of falls and fractures
• 24% increase in mortality- higher for men
• weight management and resistance training slows down sarcopenia

• hearing in middle adulthood

Answer

• hearing can start to decline by age 40 sensitivity to high-pitched sounds declines first

• men lose sensitivity to high-pitched sounds before women do- greater exposure to noise

occupations; ex

Answer automobile work

• hearing in late adulthood

Answer

• hearing declines greater in individuals 75yr +

• older adults' hearing problems are linked to impaired daily living activities

• ex

Answer less time spent out of home, increased falls, reduced cognitive functioning, increased loneliness

• devices minimize hearing problems
• hearing aids

Answer amplifies sounds

• cochlear implants 2 / 4

Answer restores some hearing

• Cliques

Answer small groups that range from 2-12 individuals

• usually same-sex and the same age
• they form bc of engaging in similar activities, mutual interests, enjoy each other's company

• Anorexia nervosa

Answer relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation 3 main characteristics

• weight less than 85% of what is considered normal for a person's age and height
• intense fear of gaining weight that does not decrease w/weight loss
• having a distorted image of their body shape

• Personal fable

Answer the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent's sense of uniqueness and invincibility

• Invincibility attitudes

• Dangerous invincibility

Answer sense of indestructibility and tendency to take risks ex

speeding 120mph

• Psychological

felt invulnerability related to personal distress ex

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hurting someone's feelings

• Climateric

Answer midlife transition in which fertility declines

• menopause

Answer when women don't have a menstrual cycle for a full year in late 40s or early 50s

• Avg. age 51 years
• large variations 39-59 years
• production of estrogen by the ovaries declines dramatically

• uncomfortable symptoms

Answer hot flashes, nausea, fatigue, rapid heart beat

• peer relations

Answer Peers

individuals of about the same age or maturity level

• peer groups provide information about the world outside the family
• give feedback to their peers about their abilities; what they can do better
• explore meanings of fairness and injustice by working through disagreements with peers
• parents affect their peer relationships through how they manage their children's lives

• Peer statuses
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