PSYC 2070 : Final Exam Study Guide
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Leading causes of death across the lifespan: prenatal miscarriage, birth death during birth, childhood accidents, illnesses, adolescence vehicle accidents, homicide, suicide, middle-age & older adults chronic diseases. Brain death: a person is brain dead when all electrical activity of the brain has ceased for specified period of time. Living will or advanced directive: designed to be filled in while the individual can still think clearly, designed for situations in which the individual is in a coma and cannot express his/her desires. Euthanasia: the act of painlessly ending the lives of individuals who are suffering from an incurable disease or severe disability, passive euthanasia: treatment is withheld, active euthanasia: death deliberately induced. Palliative care: reducing pain and suffering, helping individuals die with dignity. Midlife crisis: occurs in early middle age. Life span: the maximum number of years an individual can live, has remained between 120-125 years.
