HGD Ch. 11 Vocabulary

3. The ability to visually perceive objects sharply at a given distance based on a fixed standard.
5. The time proceeding menopause when hormonal shifts begin and menstrual cycles become less regular.
7. Giving back to future generations by passing on cultural values and traditions.
9. Giving back to future generations by passing on work knowledge, skills, and cultural values.
10. A hormone that prepares the female body for reproduction.
11. Term used to describe growths or tumors that are noncancerous.
12. Using general observation or theory to reach a detailed conclusion.
14. Abnormal function of the heart or blood vessels.
20. Term used to describe growths or tumors that are cancerous.
21. Giving back to future generations by having and raising children.
22. When menstruation ceases for a year or more and women can no longer reproduce.
24. Giving back to future generations by participating in children’s lives through passing on knowledge, skills, and cultural values.
25. Progressive bone loss when calcium is depleted, causing bones to become brittle and more porous.
27. Includes personal experiences or events such as remembering where the car keys were placed.
28. Term used to describe the loss of muscle mass and strength over time.

1. Housing design that meets the physical needs of people of all ages and abilities.
2. Fatty substance that clogs veins and arteries.
4. Hormone that is important in the development of the male reproductive system and characteristics.
6. Erikson’s socio-emotional stage in middle adulthood when adults begin to either leave legacies of themselves to the next generation or live solely for themselves.
8. Hormone that is important in the development of female bodily characteristics.
13. A term used to describe the situation when adults are caring for needs of both their aging parents and their own children at the same time.
15. Making conclusions by moving from detailed facts to general theory.
16. Includes knowledge such as how to change a flat tire on a car
17. Clogging of the arteries with plaque.
18. When reproductive capacity declines or is lost for both men and women.
19. The ability to adapt to the inevitable changes that happen in life.
23. The use of cancer-killing chemicals or drugs.
26. Eye condition common in middle age due to loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye, which results in a slow decrease in the ability to focus on nearby objects.