PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Melatonin, Acute Stress Reaction, Cerebral Cortex
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Subjective age bias: tendency to feel younger than one"s chronological age in way that may reflect age bias. Ageism: discrimination against someone because of his or her age. Ex: when prof in his 60s is considered too old to continue teaching at university. Issues, concepts, and methods in study of older adults. People become less alike as they grow older. Age effects: consequences of being a given age. Cohort effects: consequences of having been born in given year and having grown up during a particular time period with its own unique pressures, problems, challenges, opportunities. Time-of-measurement effects: possible confound in studies where conditions at particular point in time can have a effect on variable that is being studied over time. Cross-sectional studies: studies where different age groups are compared at same time. It doesn"t examine same people over time, it allows use to make statement about age effects.
