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Age differentiation refers to discrimination based on the fact that older children have greater capabilities than do younger children. Age differentiation also refers to denying a job/employment or promotion to someone solely on the basis of age

Age Discrimination in Employment Act refers to a federal law that, with its amendments, forbids discrimination against an individual who is over the age of 40.

Age effects refers to one of the three fundamental effects examined in developmental research, along with cohort and time-of-measurement effects, which reflects the influence of time-dependent processes on development.

Age of viability is the age at which a fetus can survive because most of its bodily systems function adequately; typically at seven (7) months after conception ; a point between the 22nd and 28th prenatal weeks when survival outside the uterus is possible

Age scale refers to a test in which items are grouped according to age level. (The Binet scale, for example, grouped into one age level items that two thirds to three- quarters of a representative group of children at a specific age could successfully pass.)

Age-based double standard is a term used when an individual attributes an older person’s failure in memory as more serious than a memory failure observed in a young adult.

Age-graded expectations refer to views held within societies about what would be appropriate behavior at a given time in life.

Age-progression Photos refer to photographs that are "aged" through the use of computer software.