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NUR 110 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) FINAL 4 | A+ RATED GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 110 FINAL 41. life expectancy
Answer
Avg number of years that a person can expect to live Currently 79 years
2. Amygdala
Answer
Part of the brain's limbic system that is involved in memory and emotion, particularly fear and
aggression.
- Below cortex
3. Corpus Callosum
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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
4. Cohabitating
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living together in a sexual relationship without being married Outcome- lower marital
satisfaction and increased likelihood of divorce
5. sarciopenia
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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
,6. sarcopenic obesity
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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
7. hearing in middle adulthood
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- 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
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automobile work
8. hearing in late adulthood
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- hearing declines greater in individuals 75yr +
- older adults' hearing problems are linked to impaired daily living activities
- ex
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less time spent out of home, increased falls, reduced cognitive functioning, increased loneliness
2 devices minimize hearing problems
- hearing aids
Answer
amplifies sounds
- cochlear implants
,Answer
restores some hearing
9. 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
10. 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
11. Personal fable
Answer
the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent's sense of uniqueness and
invincibility
- Invincibility attitudes
- Dangerous invincibility
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sense of indestructibility and tendency to take risks ex
speeding 120mph
- Psychological
felt invulnerability related to personal distress ex
, hurting someone's feelings
12. Climateric
Answer
midlife transition in which fertility declines
13. menopause
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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
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hot flashes, nausea, fatigue, rapid heart beat
14. peer relations
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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
15. Peer statuses
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