Terms
What is the study of death and dying?
Thanatology
At which stage of Piaget do children begin to learn conservation?
Preoperational
What is one thing that influences your health in old age?
Health when younger, diet, exercise
This is the part of the neuron that sends the information along.
Axon
This is what connects the left and right hemispheres.
Corpus callosum
What is the study of the aging process called?
Gerontology
What is the highest level of cognitive development, according to Piaget?
Formal operations
What is one of the most common chronic diseases among the elderly?
Hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease
This part of your brain controls balance, coordination, and direction.
Cerebellum
List one lobe most responsible for language.
Temporal and frontal
During this Freudian stage, children begin the process of identification.
Phallic
What is true about your personality when you are older?
It stays the same
This part of your brain tells you when you're hungry or thirsty.
Hypothalamus
This system releases hormones into the bloodstream which last for a long time.
Endocrine
This machine records brain activity.
EEG
To get to the postconventional level of moral development, children must first do what?
What is the goal of hospice care?
To improve the quality of life
Which gland is responsible for growth?
Pituitary
This is the outermost layer of the brain.
Cerebral cortex
Fitting objects into an existing schema
Assimilation
During this Freudian stage, children focus on friendships and activities (sublimation).
What is the order of Kubler-Ross's stages of dying?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
List one neurotransmitter and what it does.
Serotonin- mood
Endorphins- pain relievers
Acetylcholine - Memory, gross movement
Dopamine - Fine movement, reward
Norepinephrine - attention
This part of our lower brain (in the brainstem) is involved in our sleep/wake cycle and responds to the environment.
RAS