Gerontology Basic Concepts #1 Exam Questions
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Age identification - ✔✔refers to both how many years have passed since we were born as well as an
individual's experiences of the aging process
Age differentiation - ✔✔certain roles and behaviors are considered appropriate based on chronological
age
Age grading - ✔✔refers to the way people are assigned different roles in society based on their age
Age stratification - ✔✔theory that a person's position in the age structure affects behavior or attitudes
Young-Old - ✔✔"ages 65-74"
"Old-Old" - ✔✔ages 75-84
"Oldest-Old" - ✔✔ages 85 and over
Modernization Theory - ✔✔claims that the status of older adults declines as societies become more
modern
+old age was valued in agricultural society where the elders controlled the land
Disengagement Theory - ✔✔considers old age to be a time when both the older person and society
engage in mutual separation (ex- retirement from work)
+one of the earliest attempts to explain old age in modern society
+doesn't always refer to the outward behavior of people - can mean an inner attitude toward life
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Age identification - ✔✔refers to both how many years have passed since we were born as well as an
individual's experiences of the aging process
Age differentiation - ✔✔certain roles and behaviors are considered appropriate based on chronological
age
Age grading - ✔✔refers to the way people are assigned different roles in society based on their age
Age stratification - ✔✔theory that a person's position in the age structure affects behavior or attitudes
Young-Old - ✔✔"ages 65-74"
"Old-Old" - ✔✔ages 75-84
"Oldest-Old" - ✔✔ages 85 and over
Modernization Theory - ✔✔claims that the status of older adults declines as societies become more
modern
+old age was valued in agricultural society where the elders controlled the land
Disengagement Theory - ✔✔considers old age to be a time when both the older person and society
engage in mutual separation (ex- retirement from work)
+one of the earliest attempts to explain old age in modern society
+doesn't always refer to the outward behavior of people - can mean an inner attitude toward life
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