| A | B |
|---|
| study of old age | gerontology |
| demography | study of populations |
| primary aging | universal and irreversible physical changes that occur to living creatures as they grow |
| secondary aging | specific physical illness that caused by health habits, genes |
| presbycusis | age related hearing loss |
| maximum life span | eldest age under ideal conditions which humans can live |
| explicit memory | easy to retrieve, usually with words |
| implicit memory | unconscious or automatic memory that is stord via habits,routine procedures |
| dementia | irreversible loss of intellectual functioning caused by organic brain damage |
| self theories | theories of late adulthood that emphasizes the core self |
| social convot | family,friends, acquaintances and even strangers who move through life w/an individual |
| living will | document that indictates what medical intervention an individual wants |
| hospice care | institution in which terminally ill patients receive palliative care |
