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25 Cards in this Set
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Alterations that occur in the same individual over time.
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Age changes
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Refers to comparisons of people who are not the same age but are compared at the same moment in time.
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Age differences
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Negative stereotypes of people based on their advanced chronological years.
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Ageism
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Changes in or a general deterioration of health & vitality w/ passing years.
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Biological aging
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An arrangement of ages based on time elapsed from birth.
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Chronological aging
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Changes that occur as you age
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Age changes
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Age categories, such as a group of people in their 60's & a grp of people in their 70's
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Cohort
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A study that takes a sample of people at one point in time & attempts to identify attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior patterns.
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Cross-sectional research
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Effects orginating from outside the body and have an effect on an entire individual rather than an isolated body or organism.
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Extrinsic agerelated effects
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Your body's age
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Biological aging
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Form of aging that classifies people into age-related categories based on observable phenomena
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Functional aging
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Branch of knowledge that deals with aging and the problems of the aged.
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Gerontology
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Refer to changes originating from within the body, such as genetic characteristics or susceptibility to certain illnesses.
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Intrinsic agerelated effects
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Studies that follow a sample of respondents over a specific period of time.
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Longitudinal research
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Theory that suggested an inverse relationship between the degree of modernization in a culture and the status of older adults.
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Modernization theory
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Effects that relate to life transitions.
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Period effects
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Analyzes how such factors as personality, individual coping abilities, mental capacity, coordination, and sensory processes are affected by aging.
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Psychological aging
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The study of aging
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Gerontology
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How old you feel
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Psychological aging
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The extent to which a specific measure gives stable results over successive trials.
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Reliability
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The process of becoming old, with a focus on the changes that generally occur in the post-reproductive period.
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Senescence
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A subfield of gerontology that examines the nonphysiological aspects of aging.
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Social gerontology
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Examines the society in which individual aging occurs.
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Sociological aging
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The use of a combination of traits to categorize individuals or groups, a process that is frequently rigid & biased and carries negative if not derogatory beliefs and attitudes.
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Stereotype
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The degree of correspondence between what is supposed to be measured & what is actually measured.
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Validity
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