Test 1 Flashcards
Active Life Expectancy
Measure of the number of years a person can expect to live without a disability
Activity Theory
Theory of aging which states that the psychological and social needs of the elderly are no different from those of the middle aged and that it is neither normal nor natural for older people to become isolated and withdrawn; also called the implicit theory of aging
Adverse Mortality Selection Process
Those who are at a high risk of contraction life-threatening diseases die ealier, leaving a group of relatively healthy survivors
Age Effect
A difference due to chronological age or life course stage
Age Integration Theory
A theory that recognizes that societies have both age-segregated and age-integrated institutions that can either impede or enhance the participation of the aged
Ageism
A systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old
Age Stratification Theory
Underlying proposition is that all societies group people into social categories and that these grouping provide people with social identities; age is on principle of ranking, along with wealth, gender, and race.
Age 30 Transition
One of Levinson’s developmental periods of adulthood, major tasks in this period are establishing a niche in society and developing competence in a chosen craft and then working at succeeding.
Alzheimer’s Disease
Severe organic deterioration of the brain that affects memory, cognitive functions, and personality to a degree sufficient to interfere with normal activities and social functioning; symptoms include impairment of memory, intellect, judgment, and orientation and excessive or shallow emotions; the most THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF DEMENTIA.
Arthritis
A chronic disease that causes joint inflammation and it’s consequences of pain, swelling, and deformity
Chronic Disease
Condition in which there is no cure
Chronological Age
Number of years a person has lived
Classic Aging Pattern
Age-related declines in verbal and performance intelligence among people 60 or older
Climacteric
The syndrome of physical and psychological changes that occur in midlife
Continuity Theory
A more formal elaboration of activity theory; uses a life course perspective to define normal aging and to distinguish it from pathological aging
Convergence Theory
A theory of aging that vies old age as a great leveler, which reduces inequality that was evident at earlier stages of the life course ( when young, you have all young friends. When you’re old, you have friends from all age groups)