| 1 | development | | _____ | larger social system in which micro, meso, and exo-systems are embedded |
| 2 | growth | | _____ | model of how biology and environment interact |
| 3 | biological aging | | _____ | systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death |
| 4 | aging | | _____ | shared understandings and way of life of a people |
| 5 | age grade | | _____ | classification with a group based on common tradition and heritage |
| 6 | age norms | | _____ | arranged according to different statuses, roles, privileges and responsibilities |
| 7 | social clock | | _____ | a system experienced indirectly bu can influence development |
| 8 | ethnicity | | _____ | biological, physical, cogitive and psychosocial changes both positive and negative in the mature organism |
| 9 | SES | | _____ | a person's sense of when he/she is ahead or behind schedule |
| 10 | life expectancy | | _____ | average number of years a newborn (now) can be expected to live |
| 11 | nature-nurture debate | | _____ | standards of conduct by researchers to protect the research participants from harm |
| 12 | Brofenbrenner's bioecological model | | _____ | genes vs. environment |
| 13 | microsystem | | _____ | system in which changes occur within a timeframe in a particular pattern |
| 14 | mesosystem | | _____ | standing such as prestige, education and income |
| 15 | exosystem | | _____ | the belief that one's own group and its culture are superior |
| 16 | macrosystem | | _____ | deterioration of organisms that lead to inevitable death |
| 17 | chronosystem | | _____ | interrelationships between two or more microsystems |
| 18 | culture | | _____ | immediate physical and social environment |
| 19 | ethnosystem | | _____ | physical changes that occur fron conception to maturity |
| 20 | research ethics | | _____ | society's message of how to act your age |