Cognitive, Emotional & Social Dev. in Late Adulthood
This disease includes symptoms such as increased anxiety and aggression.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This is the most common disease of old aging.
What is Arthritis?
This age group is commonly angry when members find out they are terminally ill.
What are young adults?
He was the Greek god of death.
Who was Thanatos?
This type of memory involves general information and is very crystallized in older adults.
What is Semantic Memories.
This is the #1 killer for older adults.
What is Heart Disease?
This stage of death and dying also includes the "Why me?" phase.
What is Anger?
Remembering how to ride a bike is an example of this type of memory.
What is Procedural memory?
This phenomenon explains why adults tend to recall pleasant memories better than unpleasant memories.
What is the Pollyanna Principle?
This theory of aging says its all hereditary?
What is Programmed Aging?
This woman was a pioneer in the study of death and dying.
Who was Elizabeth Kubler-Ross?
This theory says aging says aging is all environmental.
What is Wear and Tear Theory?
This theory explains why seniors often step away from work, executive boards, and other long term commitments.
What is Disengagement Theory?
Performing Daily Living tasks such as Cooking and Cleaning is an example of this ADL.
What is an Instrumental ADL?
Thanatology teaches that children do not understand that death is a state of Non-function, universal and this:
What is Irreversible?
Of the list of major killers in older adults, this one is at the bottom of the list.
What are accidents?
These are the two causes of a decline in Recall
What is Stress and Divided Attention?
This is the technical term for a Mini-Stroke.
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack?
By this age, most people have seen or heard of over 10,000 people die in movies, television, and in the news.
What is age 30?
ADL stands for this.
What is Activities of Daily Living?