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Experience Human Development
Chapter 17 Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
ageism
Ans: prejudice or discrimination against a person (most
commonly an older person) based on age
primary aging
Ans: gradual, inevitable process of bodily deterioration
throughout the life span
secondary aging
Ans: aging processes that result from disease and bodily
abuse and disuse and are often preventable
activities of daily living (ADLs)
Ans: essential actives that support survival, such as
eating, dressing, bathing, and getting around the house
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functional age
Ans: measure of a person's ability to function effectively in
his or her physical and social environment in comparison
with others of the same chronological age
gerontology
Ans: study of the aged and the process of aging
geriatrics
Ans: branch of medicine concerned with processes of
aging and medical conditions associated with old age
life expectancy
Ans: age to which a person in a particular cohort is
statistically likely to live (given his or her current age and
health status) on the basis of average longevity of a
population
longevity
Pretest - Stuvia US
Experience Human Development
Chapter 17 Questions with Correct
Answers for Specific Exam Mail
ageism
Ans: prejudice or discrimination against a person (most
commonly an older person) based on age
primary aging
Ans: gradual, inevitable process of bodily deterioration
throughout the life span
secondary aging
Ans: aging processes that result from disease and bodily
abuse and disuse and are often preventable
activities of daily living (ADLs)
Ans: essential actives that support survival, such as
eating, dressing, bathing, and getting around the house
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
functional age
Ans: measure of a person's ability to function effectively in
his or her physical and social environment in comparison
with others of the same chronological age
gerontology
Ans: study of the aged and the process of aging
geriatrics
Ans: branch of medicine concerned with processes of
aging and medical conditions associated with old age
life expectancy
Ans: age to which a person in a particular cohort is
statistically likely to live (given his or her current age and
health status) on the basis of average longevity of a
population
longevity
Pretest - Stuvia US
