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Physical changes: senses (hearing)
gradual changes may begin in this age range
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Physical changes: senses (vision)
decline in vision actively (lens changes shape and elasticity), Presbyopia (loss of near vision)
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Sexuality: Climacteric
Physical and emotional affects that accompany hormonal changes
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Sexuality: Climacteric (for females)
Menapause (decrease in production of estrogen, progesterone): Hormone replacement therapy controversy
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Sexuality: Climacteric (for males)
decrease in testosterone production, prostate gland enlargement
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Osteoporosis
Bones become thin, brittle, fragile
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Type A behavior pattern: characteristics
impatient, aggressive, hostile, persistant, goal-oriented, competitive
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Relationship between type A and health
type A is related to heart disease, greater longevity, specified characteristics of type a related to heart disease (hostility, agression)
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Big 5 Personality trait theory
openness to experience, conscientiousness (goal-oriented, persistant), Extroversion (more outgoing, social), agreeableness, Neuroticism (emotional instability)
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