Human Development, Papalia 13th Edition, Chapter 17 Test Bank

Ageism - Answer Prejudice or discrimination against a person based on age primary aging - Answer gradual, inevitable process of bodily deterioration throughout the life span secondary aging - Answer aging processes that result from disease and bodily abuse and disuse and are often preventable activities of daily living - Answer essential activities that support survival, such as eating, dressing, bathing, and getting around the house *also known as ADL's functional age - Answer 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 * for example a person of 90 who is still in good health, and can be independent gerontology - Answer study of the aged and the process of aging geriatrics - Answer branch of medicine concerned with processes of aging and medical conditions associated with old age life expectancy - Answer age to which a person in a particular cohort is statistically likely to live, on the basis of average longevity of a population longevity - Answer length of an individual's life life span - Answer the longest period that members of a species can live senescence - Answer period of the life span marked by declines in physical functioning usually associated with aging; begins at the different ages for different people genetic programming theories - Answer theories that explain biological aging as resulting from a genetically determined developmental time table