Longevity, Health, & Functioning Flashcards
Age at which half the individuals born in a particular year will have died
Average longevity
The oldest age to which an individual of a species can live, provided that illnesses or accidents are avoided
Maximum Longevity
What is the maximum longevity for humans thought to be?
120 years
Dramatic increase in life expectancy that has taken place in the 20th century.
Life expectancy revolution
A statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of their birth, their current age, and other demographic factors including sex.
Life expectancy
Living to a healthy, independent old age
Active Life Expectancy
Years of living after losing independence
Dependent Life Expectancy
25% of variation in person’s longevity are due to ___________
genetics
Women generally have a ___________ life expectancy compared to men.
longer
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease or impairment.
Health
Presence of a physical or mental disease or impairment
illness
Sometimes defined as the successful use of selection, optimization, and compensation strategies to manage one’s life that results in successful aging
quality of life
Things in the environment that lead to life’s enjoyment
Non-health-related quality of life
All aspects of life that are affected by changes in health status
Health-related quality of life
Whenever T cells and B cells are activated, some become __________ cells
memory
Fight or flight response is adaptive but is supposed to be ___________
transient
Protective casing at the end of a strand of DNA
telomeres
___________ results from perceiving an event as taxing or exceeding one’s resources and as endangering one’s well-being
stress
Categorizes events into irrelevant, benign/positive, and stressful based on the significance they have for our well-being
primary appraisal
Evaluates our perceived ability to cope with a stressful event
secondary appraisal
occurs when changes in the situation require making a new primary or secondary appraisal
Reappraisal
Attempts to deal with stressful events; evolving process over time
coping
attempts to tackle the problem head-on
problem-focused coping
dealing with one’s feelings about the stressful event
emotion-focused coping
Younger adults, people of color, and those with lower levels of education or income report ___________ stress
higher
Older adults are _______ likely to use active coping strategies
less
