, 1. Graying of America ANSWER the growing percentage of older people in the U.S. population
2. Ageism ANSWER prejudice and discrimination against older people
3. Biological Theories ANSWER the reason people age and die is bc of changes in the human body
4. Stochastic theories ANSWER Based on random events that cause cellular damage that accumulates as the
organism ages
5. Nonstochastic theories ANSWER explain biological aging as resulting from a complex, predetermined
process
6. Psychological theories ANSWER support the idea that an older adult's life ends when he or she has
reached all of his or her developmental milestones (EX ANSWER Maslow's, Jung's, Erikson's)
7. Moral/spiritual theories ANSWER support the idea that once an older individual finds spiritual
wholeness, this transcends the need to inhabit a body, and he or she dies (EX ANSWER Tornstan's theory,
Kohlberg's theory)
8. Social theories ANSWER explain that when an older adult's usefulness in roles and relationships end,
death occurs EX ANSWER
-Disengagement theory
-Activity theory
-Continuity theory
2. Ageism ANSWER prejudice and discrimination against older people
3. Biological Theories ANSWER the reason people age and die is bc of changes in the human body
4. Stochastic theories ANSWER Based on random events that cause cellular damage that accumulates as the
organism ages
5. Nonstochastic theories ANSWER explain biological aging as resulting from a complex, predetermined
process
6. Psychological theories ANSWER support the idea that an older adult's life ends when he or she has
reached all of his or her developmental milestones (EX ANSWER Maslow's, Jung's, Erikson's)
7. Moral/spiritual theories ANSWER support the idea that once an older individual finds spiritual
wholeness, this transcends the need to inhabit a body, and he or she dies (EX ANSWER Tornstan's theory,
Kohlberg's theory)
8. Social theories ANSWER explain that when an older adult's usefulness in roles and relationships end,
death occurs EX ANSWER
-Disengagement theory
-Activity theory
-Continuity theory
