Module 3 Lesson 2 Vocabulary
Puberty- the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.
Later within the night, a commercial for tampons came on the television, which is a sign that the female’s body has gone through puberty.
Alzheimer's disease-Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, language deterioration, impaired ability to mentally manipulate visual information, poor judgment, confusion, restlessness, and mood swings.
Many began teasing my mother stating she had alzhemiers diseases as she forgot to take out the trash. They related one of the disease symptoms such as memory loss to her forgetting to take out the trash.
Menopause- the time of natural cessation of menstruation.
On the popular television show 19 kids and counting, the mother had went to her doctors office questioning whether or not she was able to have more children. The doctor had went trough numerous questions, one of which included whether she has gone through menopause as this would indicate that her body is not able to carry any more children.
Cross-sectional study-a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.
As I was listening to the radio one day, there was an advertisement looking for people aged 10-65, in order for them to compare how the brain reacts to different stimuli as the brain ages. This is an example of a cros-sectional study as there is a group of people within a large range of ages in order for them to be compared to one another.
Longitudinal study- research on which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period of time.
A study in which children who are given medication to treat a disease, and are tested then and every five years in order to see the development with the new drug(whether it is working,etc) is an example of a longitudinal study as the same people are being tested for the medication and are having to be retested in order to reassure the
Later within the night, a commercial for tampons came on the television, which is a sign that the female’s body has gone through puberty.
Alzheimer's disease-Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, language deterioration, impaired ability to mentally manipulate visual information, poor judgment, confusion, restlessness, and mood swings.
Many began teasing my mother stating she had alzhemiers diseases as she forgot to take out the trash. They related one of the disease symptoms such as memory loss to her forgetting to take out the trash.
Menopause- the time of natural cessation of menstruation.
On the popular television show 19 kids and counting, the mother had went to her doctors office questioning whether or not she was able to have more children. The doctor had went trough numerous questions, one of which included whether she has gone through menopause as this would indicate that her body is not able to carry any more children.
Cross-sectional study-a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.
As I was listening to the radio one day, there was an advertisement looking for people aged 10-65, in order for them to compare how the brain reacts to different stimuli as the brain ages. This is an example of a cros-sectional study as there is a group of people within a large range of ages in order for them to be compared to one another.
Longitudinal study- research on which the same people are restudied and retested over a long period of time.
A study in which children who are given medication to treat a disease, and are tested then and every five years in order to see the development with the new drug(whether it is working,etc) is an example of a longitudinal study as the same people are being tested for the medication and are having to be retested in order to reassure the