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| patriarchy | where men have played the dominant role in marriage and in society |
| generativity | the ability to create, originate, and produce |
| midlife transition | a period in middle adulthood when people's perceptions change in a major way |
| midlife crisis | the middle-aged professional who sees younger people advancing at a faster rate may become seriously depressed |
| empty-nest syndrome | is the term applied to the feelings of emptiness and loss mothers and sometimes fathers supposedly feel after the children have left home to establish their own lives |
| menopause | the end of menstruation, usually occurs in a woman's late 40s or early 50s |
| programmed theories | the developmental theories that maintain that aging is the result of genetics |
| cellular damage theories | suggests that cells malfunction as a result of damage, not heredity |
| free radical | unstable molecules in our bodies |
| cross-linking | cause of aging which states that proteins within a cell bind together, toughening body tissues |
| dementia | serious loss of cognitive functioning |
| senile dementia | dementia that occurs after the age of 65 |
| Alzheimer's disease | a disease that affects about 10 percent of people in the United States over the age of 65. It is linked to the deterioration of cells in a part of the brain (the hippocampus) |
| ego integrity | the belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile even when physical abilities are not what they used to be |
| hospice | a homelike place where dying people and their families are given the physical and emotional support to help them cope with terminal illness |
| euthanasia | also called mercy killing - is another controversial issue regarding death and dying |
| living will | a legal document to avoid being kept alive by artificial support systems (such as respirators) when there is no hope for recovery |
| bereaved | mourning over something or someone precious who has been taken away |
