Chapter 07 Key Terms Jeopardy
Recognizing a situation or condition and dealing with it realistically.
Acceptance
The life stage between childhood and adulthood when puberty occurs.
Adolescence
Feelings of love, care, and warmth toward others.
Affection
A strong emotional response to frustration, hurt, or threat
Anger
A progressive brain disorder that affects memory, thinking, and behavior.
Alzheimer’s disease
Replacing one goal or ability with another to achieve success.
Compensation
A stage of grieving where a person tries to make deals to change a situation
Bargaining
The improper use of drugs or chemicals that harms health.
Chemical abuse
Related to thinking, learning, memory, and reasoning.
Cognitive
Hardening and narrowing of the arteries.
Arteriosclerosis
Changes in skills, abilities, and behavior over time.
Development
Unconscious behaviors used to reduce stress or anxiety.
Defense mechanisms
Redirecting feelings from the real source to a safer target
Displacement
Life stage when individuals become independent and make major life decisions.
Early adulthood
How a person experiences and expresses sexual feelings and identity.
Sexuality
The first year of life after birth.
Infancy
Making excuses to justify behavior or feelings.
Rationalization
Pulling away from people or situations to avoid stress or conflict
Withdrawal
A thought process that provides mental escape from reality.
Daydreaming
The act of intentionally ending one’s own life
Suicide
Related to thinking, understanding, and learning.
Mental
A feeling of deep sadness, hopelessness, or loss of interest.
Depression
Refusing to believe or accept a painful reality.
Denial
Related to feelings and emotional responses.
Emotional
The belief that individuals have the right to choose death under certain conditions.
Right to die