D399 INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY TEST
2023-2024 Graded A+
D399 INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY TEST
2025 Graded A+
active life expectancy -
✔️a way of describing expected length of life, the term active denoting a manner of
living that is relatively healthy and independent
centenarians -
✔️people in the population of 100 years or older
chronic diseases -
✔️diseases, like heart disease and diabetes, that require long-term medical care
and related long-term care services and supports
compression of morbidity -
✔️relatively long periods of healthy, active, high-quality existence, and relatively
short periods of illness and dependency in the last few years of life
crossover effect -
✔️elders of color (mostly men) who survive beyond age 75, having longer life
expectancies after age 75 than their white counterparts
demographer -
✔️a person who studies populations and population trends and characteristics
demographic trends -
✔️changes that occur in population, such as the increase in median age
demographics -
✔️the study of populations and their characteristics in a society, e.g., changes in
population due to deaths, births or migrations
dependency ratio -
✔️the number of people age 65 and older to every 100 people of traditional working
ages (18-64)
dependent life expectancy -
✔️a way of describing expected length of life where one is dependent on help from
others
hardiness -
✔️how well an individual copes with disease or other stressors. Affected by both
genetics and past experiences
, D399 INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY TEST
2023-2024 Graded A+
individual aging process -
✔️the physiological, psychological, and social aging process in a person, as
opposed to population aging, which refers to the aging of an entire population
life expectancy -
✔️the average length of time persons in a given society and subgroups defined by
age, gender, race, and ethnicity are expected to live
maximum life span -
✔️the biologically programmed maximum number of years that each species can
expect to live
median age -
✔️the age between two numerically equal groups in a population- one group being
older than this age, and the other group being younger than this age
oldest-old -
✔️people who are 85 years and older
old-old -
✔️people who are 75-84
population aging -
✔️the aging of an entire population, such as the aging of people within a particular
country, as opposed to the aging process of an individual
super-centenarians -
✔️older adults who have reached age 110+
support ratio -
✔️the relationship between the proportion of the population that is employed
(Defined as productive and able to support others) and the proportion that is not in
the workforce (viewed as dependent or as requiring support)
anthropology of aging -
✔️the exploration and understanding of aging within and across the diversity of
human cultures
biculturalism -
✔️the process of integrating two distinct cultures so that they can meaningfully co-
exist
comparative sociocultural gerontology -
✔️comparing the experiences of older adults across various cultures
2023-2024 Graded A+
D399 INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY TEST
2025 Graded A+
active life expectancy -
✔️a way of describing expected length of life, the term active denoting a manner of
living that is relatively healthy and independent
centenarians -
✔️people in the population of 100 years or older
chronic diseases -
✔️diseases, like heart disease and diabetes, that require long-term medical care
and related long-term care services and supports
compression of morbidity -
✔️relatively long periods of healthy, active, high-quality existence, and relatively
short periods of illness and dependency in the last few years of life
crossover effect -
✔️elders of color (mostly men) who survive beyond age 75, having longer life
expectancies after age 75 than their white counterparts
demographer -
✔️a person who studies populations and population trends and characteristics
demographic trends -
✔️changes that occur in population, such as the increase in median age
demographics -
✔️the study of populations and their characteristics in a society, e.g., changes in
population due to deaths, births or migrations
dependency ratio -
✔️the number of people age 65 and older to every 100 people of traditional working
ages (18-64)
dependent life expectancy -
✔️a way of describing expected length of life where one is dependent on help from
others
hardiness -
✔️how well an individual copes with disease or other stressors. Affected by both
genetics and past experiences
, D399 INTRO TO GERONTOLOGY TEST
2023-2024 Graded A+
individual aging process -
✔️the physiological, psychological, and social aging process in a person, as
opposed to population aging, which refers to the aging of an entire population
life expectancy -
✔️the average length of time persons in a given society and subgroups defined by
age, gender, race, and ethnicity are expected to live
maximum life span -
✔️the biologically programmed maximum number of years that each species can
expect to live
median age -
✔️the age between two numerically equal groups in a population- one group being
older than this age, and the other group being younger than this age
oldest-old -
✔️people who are 85 years and older
old-old -
✔️people who are 75-84
population aging -
✔️the aging of an entire population, such as the aging of people within a particular
country, as opposed to the aging process of an individual
super-centenarians -
✔️older adults who have reached age 110+
support ratio -
✔️the relationship between the proportion of the population that is employed
(Defined as productive and able to support others) and the proportion that is not in
the workforce (viewed as dependent or as requiring support)
anthropology of aging -
✔️the exploration and understanding of aging within and across the diversity of
human cultures
biculturalism -
✔️the process of integrating two distinct cultures so that they can meaningfully co-
exist
comparative sociocultural gerontology -
✔️comparing the experiences of older adults across various cultures
