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Gerontology - Answer biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging.
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Gerontophobia - Answer fear of growing old ut ut ut ut ut ut




Gerontophilla - Answer view old age with honor and respect
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Agism - Answer a set of beliefs about the aged. Tendency to patronize elderly and be overly
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solicitous towards them (saying their arms are cute)
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Discrimination - Answer on basis of age. Saying elderly people can't do what young adults can do
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because they are "old" and "brittle"
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negative stereotypes - Answer lead to prejudice and discrimination about the elderly
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Biological aging - Answer detailed analysis of human being
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Psychological aging - Answer Focus on individual and network of relationships, individual and
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institutional, that impact an individuals life
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Sociological aging - Answer Examines structure of society, norms and values, and its influence on
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how a person perceives and reacts to the aging process
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Chronological age - Answer birth certificate ambiguous source
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, Subcategories used by social gerontologists - Answer 65-74 young old ut ut ut ut ut ut ut ut ut




75-84 middle old
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85+ old old
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Retirees - Answer a person that has retired from work, not all retirees are old
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Widows - Answer a women who has lost her husband by death and hasnt remarried
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Grandparents - Answer not all grandparents are old ut ut ut ut ut ut ut




Stereotypes - Answer composites of ideas and beliefs attributed to people as a group or a social
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Positive stereotypes - Answer wise, strong, values, morals, generous, wealthy, intelligent, active
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negative stereotypes - Answer weak, strict, cant drive, old fashioned, smell, are slow, bad hearing,
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dependent on others.
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Myth: most older people are poor, unproductive, and a burden to society - Answer 88% of people
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65+ have income above poverty level
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Myth: the aged are isolated from family members - Answer most have regular contact with family
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Myth: most older people are likely to be wear, frail, ill, or disabled. - Answer illness/disability not
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