Ch 13 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood Flashcards
What is primary aging?
Age-related physical changes that have a biological basis and are universally shared and inevitable.
What is senescence?
Physical changes and declines associated with aging.
What is secondary aging?
Age-related changes that are due to social and environmental influences, poor health habits, or disease.
What are disability-adjusted life years (DALY)?
A measure of the gap between a population’s ideal and actual levels of health, derived from the number of life-years lost to premature death, illness, or injury and the number of years living with a disability. It assumes a potential life limit of 82.5 years for women and 80 for men.
What is health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)?
An estimate of life expectancy at birth, representing the number of years a newborn can expect to live in full health given current rates of morbidity and mortality.
What are quality-adjusted life years (QALY)?
A measure of how much benefit is gained, and at what cost, for any particular physical or mental intervention, estimating the time a person will live at different levels of health over his remaining years of life.
What is the limbic system?
The part of the brain that regulates emotional responses.
What is grey matter?
Neural tissue that is mainly made up of cell bodies, dendrites, unmyelinated axons, axon terminals, and glial cells.
What is white matter?
Neural tissue that is mainly comprised of myelinated axons that transmit neural signals from one neuron to another.
What is maximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max)?
A measure of the body’s ability to take in and transport oxygen to various body organs.
What is intimate partner violence?
Physical acts or other behavior intended to intimidate or harm an intimate partner.
What is sexual assault?
Any form of sexual activity with another person without consent.
What is a personality disorder?
An inflexible pattern of behavior that leads to difficulty in educational, occupational, and social functioning.
What is schizophrenia?
A serious mental disorder characterized by disturbances of thought, such as delusions and hallucinations.
What is binge drinking?
A pattern of behavior in which a man consumes five or more drinks, or a woman consumes four or more drinks, on one occasion, at least once a month over the past year.
