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Who is living longer?
What 4 groups in particular? |
Industrialized civilizations
U.S, Europeans, Scandinavia, & Japan |
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in 1900's ppl older than 65 made of __% of U.S population. Life expactancy was at ___.
Today; ppl > 65 makeup __% of pupulation. Life expectancy is at __ IN 2020 ppl >65 will makeup __% of population. In 2050 ppl >65 will make up __% to __% of population. |
4%, 47
12%, 77 16%, 20-25% |
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what is the fastest growing segment of the population?
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85+ (oldest old)
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what are the two implications of demographic trends?
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psychological & political
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What is the Double Jeopardy Hypothesis?
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IDea of having a minority of any sort coupled with growing older.
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what are the 3 things that determine the status of the elderly in traditional societies
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role of culture's economic base
Spiritual Supremecy Control of material goods |
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What ar ethe 4 parts of Cogswill's Modernization thoery in refernce to the status of elderly in modern society
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Modern medicine, Technologically-based economics, Urbanization, Widespread literacy
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waht are the 3 reasons that research methods are important?
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Evaluation of "Scientific claims"
Draw valid conclusions Make informed descicions |
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What type of research studies descriptive age differnces in performane on some experimental task?
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Descriptive Research
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___Draws conclusions about the relationship between chronological age & performance
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Descritptive research
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What is the most common type of descriptive research?
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Cross-sectional research
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___refer to changes within a person. Ac change in traits, behaviors, abilities, or performance levels within a specific person at any point in time
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Intra-individual change
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Changes between people
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Inter-individual differences
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a collection of ppl who were all born within 10 years of each other. A group of individuals who experienced the same historic event in life at a/b the same age.
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cohort
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represents a "past history" which is unique to a particular generation of ppl and contributes to all measurements of that generation
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cohort effect
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Cross-sectional designs
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subjects from different age groups compared on behavorial measure same point in time
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What is the main advantage of the Cross-sectional designs?
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They are effecient and relatively easy too use in experimental settings.
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what are 3 problems with cross-sectional designs?
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Age isn't an independent variable
Cohort effect Sampling issues |
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explores individuals response over time; a sample of persons from the same generation are studied over time
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Longitudinal Designs
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what are the 2 types of theories of aging?
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Programmed theories
Wear-and-tear theories |
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based on the principle that the aging process is genetically controlled
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programmed theories
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These theories assume that the processes of living damages biological systems
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Wear-and-tear theories
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What are the three sources of evidence consistent with the programmed theory view?
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Premature aging: Progeria & Downs
The Hayflick Limit |
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3 wear-and-tear theories?
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DNA-repair
Cross-linkage theory (Johan Bjorksten) Free-radical theory |
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pigment containing cells in the skin; increase in size and cluster resulting in "age spots" or "liver spots"
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Melanocytes
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