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Chapter 1 – Gerontology Study Guide
Solutions
Describe the subjective and objective ways that aging is defined: - ANSWER✔✔-geriatrics, gerontology,
gerontics, and chronologic age
Identify personal and societal attitudes toward aging - ANSWER✔✔-Gerontophobia, ageism, and age
discrimination
Define ageism - ANSWER✔✔-the disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes
people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
Discuss the myths that exist with regard to aging - ANSWER✔✔-Myths: "Older adults..."
- are pretty much alike
- generally are alone and lonely
- tend to be sick, frail and dependent of others
- are often cognitively impaired
- suffer from depression
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- become more difficult and rigid with advancing years
- can barely cope with the inevitable declines associating with aging
Facts: "Older adults..."
- Are a very diverse age group
- typically maintain close contact with family
- usually live independently
- may experience some decline in intellectual abilities, but it is usually not severe enough to cause
problems in daily living
- generally have lower rates of diagnosable depression when they live in community settings, when
compared with younger adults
- tend to maintain a consistent personality throughout the life span
- typically adjust well to the challenges of aging
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Chapter 1 – Gerontology Study Guide
Solutions
Describe the subjective and objective ways that aging is defined: - ANSWER✔✔-geriatrics, gerontology,
gerontics, and chronologic age
Identify personal and societal attitudes toward aging - ANSWER✔✔-Gerontophobia, ageism, and age
discrimination
Define ageism - ANSWER✔✔-the disliking of aging and older adults based on the belief that aging makes
people unattractive, unintelligent, and unproductive
Discuss the myths that exist with regard to aging - ANSWER✔✔-Myths: "Older adults..."
- are pretty much alike
- generally are alone and lonely
- tend to be sick, frail and dependent of others
- are often cognitively impaired
- suffer from depression
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
- become more difficult and rigid with advancing years
- can barely cope with the inevitable declines associating with aging
Facts: "Older adults..."
- Are a very diverse age group
- typically maintain close contact with family
- usually live independently
- may experience some decline in intellectual abilities, but it is usually not severe enough to cause
problems in daily living
- generally have lower rates of diagnosable depression when they live in community settings, when
compared with younger adults
- tend to maintain a consistent personality throughout the life span
- typically adjust well to the challenges of aging
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