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This flashcard set covers university-level concepts in gerontology, focusing on aging processes, population dynamics, and societal impacts. It explores key terms like senescence, ageism, and mortality rates, along with research methods such as longitudinal and cross-sectional studies. The flashcards delve into various age categories, dependency ratios, and the effects of aging on individuals and groups. This set is ideal for students and professionals in medical and social sciences who need a comprehensive understanding of aging and its broader implications.

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University

Created / Updated

04.06.2014 / 04.06.2014

Refers to comparisons of people who are not the same age but are
compared at the same moment in time.

age differences

Negative stereotypes of people based on their advanced
chronological years.

ageism

Changes in or a general deterioration of health and vitality with
passing years.

biological aging

An arrangement of ages based on time elapsed from birth.

chronological aging

Age categories, such as a group of people in their sixties and a group
of people in their seventies.

age categories

A study that takes a sample of people at one point in time and attempts to identify attitudes, beliefs, values, or behavior patterns.

cross-sectional research

Effects that originate outside the body and have an effect on an
entire individual rather than an isolated body or organism.

extrinsic age-related effects

Form of aging that classifies people into age-related categories based
on observable phenomena

functional aging

Branch of knowledge that deals with aging and the problems of the
aged.

gerontology

Refer to changes that originate from within the body, such as genetic
characteristics or susceptibility to certain illnesses.

intrinsic age-related effects

Studies that follow a sample of respondents over a specific period of
time.

longitudinal research

Theory that suggested an inverse relationship between the degree of
modernization in a culture and the status of older adults.

modernization theory

Effects that relate to life transitions.

period effects

Analyzes how such factors as personality, individual coping
abilities, mental capacity, coordination, and sensory processes are
affected by aging.

psychological aging

The extent to which a specific measure gives stable results over
successive trials.

reliability

The process of becoming old, with a focus on the changes that
generally occur in the post-reproductive period.

senescence

A subfield of gerontology that examines the nonphysiological
aspects of aging.

social gerontology

Examines the society in which individual aging occurs

sociological aging

The use of a combination of traits to categorize individuals or
groups, a process that is frequently rigid and biased and carries
negative if not derogatory beliefs and attitudes.

stereotype

The degree of correspondence between what is supposed to be
measured and what is actually measured.

validity

The ratio of the number of older people in the population to the
population in the age categories most closely associated with
employment.

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aged dependency ratio

Individuals born during the period of very high birthrates that
occurred in the United States between 1946 and 1964.

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baby-boom generation

Analysis that compares groups of people who were born during the
same time period as they move through the life cycle.

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cohort analysis

Phenomena related to how the death rates of elderly African
Americans in old age fall below those of whites in the same age
group.

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crossover phenomena

Deaths due to only one disease that is often reported on the basis of
100,000 people

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disease-specific mortality rate

Individuals 95 years of age and older

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elite old

Individuals 85 years of age and older who are at risk because of poor
physical or mental health.

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frail old

Refers to the size of the older population compared with that of other
age categories.

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geographic concentration

Refers to how a demographic is dispersed through an area

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geographic distribution

The percentage of the population in each age category who are in the
labor force.

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labor force participation rate

The average number of years that an age category is expected to live
given the base year mortality rates.

life expentancy

Shows the average length of life a cohort is expected to live given
the mortality rates in the year of birth.

life expectancy at birth

Individuals 75 to 84 years of age.

middle-old

Calculations made by dividing the number of deaths occurring in the
population during a stated period of time, usually a year, by the
number of people at risk of dying during the period

mortality rates

Means that an older person is a member of several disadvantaged
groups, which increases the person’s probability of having poor
health or a poor income.

multiple jeopardy

Individuals 85 years of age and older.

old-old

Measure that shows population ranges not only among states but
also among different age and ethnic groups within the older
population

percentage of older people

Graph that shows the proportion of each age and sex group in the
population

population pyramid

Calculation based on an estimate of the cost of items in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s least costly, nutritionally adequate food
plan.

poverty level

Individuals 55 to 64 years of age

pre-elderly

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The extent to which a specific measure gives stable results over
successive trials.

reliability

The process of becoming old, with a focus on the changes that
generally occur in the post-reproductive period.

senescence

A subfield of gerontology that examines the nonphysiological
aspects of aging.

social gerontology

Examines the society in which individual aging occurs

sociological aging

The use of a combination of traits to categorize individuals or
groups, a process that is frequently rigid and biased and carries
negative if not derogatory beliefs and attitudes.

stereotype

The degree of correspondence between what is supposed to be
measured and what is actually measured.

validity

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