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Test Bank for Introduction to Aging A Positive Interdisciplinary
Approach 2nd Edition By Judith A. Sugar, PhD 9780826162939
Chapter 1-15 Complete Guide .
Positive Aging - ANSWER: Finding satisfaction in life regardless of circumstances

Super Agers - ANSWER: Men & women in their 80s & 90s with brains and memories that seem
decades younger

Ageism - ANSWER: Stereotyping against individuals due to their old age

Life Span Perspective - ANSWER: Understanding development across the entire lifespan

Forces that Shape Development - ANSWER: Factors that influence how individuals develop

Chronological Age - ANSWER: Age measured in years, months, and days from an individual's date of
birth

Biological Age - ANSWER: Age of body systems based on biomarkers

Psychological Age - ANSWER: Individuals' capability along various dimensions of cognitive or
emotional functioning

Social Age - ANSWER: Societal expectations on what individuals should have done at a certain time of
life

Perceived Age - ANSWER: How old individuals feel themselves to be

Primary Aging - ANSWER: Normal, relatively disease-free aging

Secondary Aging - ANSWER: Changes related to disease(s)

Tertiary Aging - ANSWER: Rapid loss occurring shortly before death

Gerontology - ANSWER: Study of aging from maturity through old age

Ageism in Advertisement - ANSWER: Stereotyping older adults in advertising

Dependency Ratio - ANSWER: Ratio of dependents to the total working-age population

Social Security - ANSWER: Government program providing income for qualified individuals

Super Agers - ANSWER: Elderly people aged 80+ with brains as young as middle-aged people

Centenarians - ANSWER: Persons who live to or beyond the age of 100

Healthy Aging - ANSWER: Maintaining physical and mental health in old age
Being engaged with life
maintain high cognitive functioning
adopting a healthy lifestyle
avoiding financial dependency

Primary Prevention - ANSWER: Intervention aimed at preventing the onset of disease or condition

, Secondary Prevention - ANSWER: Intervention to detect a disease/condition early and prevent it from
getting worse

Tertiary Prevention - ANSWER: Interventions aimed at improving quality of life and reducing
symptoms of a disease

Quaternary Prevention - ANSWER: Extension of tertiary care into functional capacities of individuals
with chronic disease

Healthy People 2030 - ANSWER: National goals and objectives to improve health and well-being

Neuroscience - ANSWER: Study of the brain and its plasticity

Brain Shrinkage - ANSWER: Decrease in brain size and connections between neurons

Awesome agers - ANSWER: - superchargers - an elite group of elderly people 80+
^ Their brains appear as young as the brains of middle-aged people
- centenarians - people who live to be 100+
- super centenarians - people who live to be 110+

Demographic turning point in US - ANSWER: in 2030 all baby boomers will be older than 65
--> older adults: politically sophisticated and organized
- want to keep their affluent lifestyle
NEW generation may have different views

US demographic trends: 65 year old - ANSWER: - individuals ages 65+ are projected to nearly double
from 54 million (2019) to 95 million (2060)
- 85 year olds predicted to double 7.8 million (2010) to 12.9 million (2019)

Bates SOC Model - ANSWER: S - Selection: developing and choosing
O - Optimization: application and refinements of goals
C - Changing: change in action (adapt)

Sociopsychological Models - ANSWER: emphasize life satisfaction, social participation, psychological
resources and functioning

biomedical model - ANSWER: draw division of people into disease and no disease
- focus on burden of old age NEGATIVELY

2 most important behaviors to promote healthy living - ANSWER: 1. engagement in physical activity
2. never smoke or stop smoking

Prevention Effort for Enhancing Aging Process - ANSWER: Primary Prevention: INTERVENTION AIMED
@ preventing disease onset of disease or condition
Secondary Prevention: detecting A DISEASE OR CONDITION EARLY
Tertiary Prevention: improve quality of life & and reduce symptoms WHEN LIVING WITH A DISEASE
OR CONDITION
QUATERNARY: extension of tertiary care, functional capacities of individuals with chronic illness

US Department of HHS - ANSWER: Health and Human Services
- updates every 10 years
- set of data-driven national goals and objectives to improve health and well-being over the next
decade

2 components of healthy aging - ANSWER: 1. Objective 2. Subjective
GOAL: be balances with gains and losses

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