Chapter 11 - Age differentiatiation and the aged

Question 1

Age norms

Answer 1

Expectations about behavior that are considered appropriate for people of a certain age.

Question 2

Aging

Answer 2

The biological, psychological, and social processes that occur with growing older.

Question 3

Life course

Answer 3

An age related progression or sequence of roles and group memberships that people go through as they mature through life.

Question 4

Aged

Answer 4

Generally refers to the people who are in the older stage of life also called elderly, senior citizens, old.

Question 5

Life Span

Answer 5

Is the time that a human is expected to life. From birth to natural death.

Question 6

Gerontology

Answer 6

The study of the aging process.

Question 7

Geriatrics

Answer 7

The Medical field biological study of the elderly.

Question 8

Social Gerontology

Answer 8

the study that relates to the social and cultural factors of the aged and the aging.

Question 9

Ageism

Answer 9

Prejudice and Discrimination based on age.

Question 10

Senility

Answer 10

The mental infirmity associated with the aging process.

Question 11

Age

Answer 11

The number of years since birth.