HCAD 222 Exam #3 question n answers graded A+

HCAD 222 Exam #3 Ageism - correct answers -as people grow older, less and less similar -aging remains as an individual affair -old age is described as a role less-role, a status with no clearly defined purpose or rules of behavior ageism - correct answers -stereotyping and discrimination based on age (sick and frail or worse: impoverished, impotent, senile, and unhappy) -we need to understand how all generalizations, including understanding conveyed by gerontology, should be balanced by acknowledgment of individual differences 2 broad groups in the 65+ population - correct answers -ill elderly -well-elderly ill elderly - correct answers -poor and subject to chronic illness well elderly - correct answers -tend to be well-off both physically and financially ** - correct answers - the so-called well-derly cause some people to argue that disability and frailty, not chronological age, should be the basis of access to services age, gender, race, and social class - correct answers -interact in complex ways to define individual experiences -full account of aging experience must acknowledge the adaptive strength of many disadvantaged older people increasing ethnic diversity - correct answers -will present a challenge for decades to come and will demand thoughtful attention to the aging experience for all members of our society