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Senesence
Age-related loss of function
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Gerontology
The study of the human aging process from maturity to old age, as well as the study of older adults as a special population.
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Aging
Progressive changes during adult years.
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Chronological Aging
Number of years since birth
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Biological Aging
Changes reducing efficiency of organ systems.
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Psychological Aging
Including memory, learning, adaptive capacity, personality, mental functioning.
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Social Aging
Referring to social roles, relationships, and the overall social context in which we grow old.
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Detroit Syndrome
Describes people in terms of the obsolescence that exists for cars.
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Cumulative Disadvantage
The negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity over the life span.
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Baby boom generation
Those born between 1946 and 1964.
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Selection for Survival
Members of a population are selected for survival based on their resistance to common causes of death. (May be environmental or intrinsic)
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Survival Curve
Percent of people surviving to selected ages.
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Ageism
Prejudiced behavior of individuals and systems within the culture against older adults including the negative consequences of inaccurate stereotyping of the elderly.
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gerontophilia
Old age was exalted and venerated, sometimes hated and feared, but more often honored and obeyed. (1600-1800)
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Gerontophobia
Americans increasingly glorified youth instead of age, and older people often became victims of prevailing attitudes and social arrangements. (1800-present)
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