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GerontologyGerontology is - ANS the scientific study of old age
The Gerontology Society of America defines Gerontology as - ANS the study of
gaining processes and individuals across the life course.
Chronological Age - ANS -Based on years from birth
-Differ according to culture and type of society
-Developed countries (65 year & Older) Developing (60, 55)
Functional (Biological) Age - ANS -Physical changes that decrease efficiency of
organ systems
-No longer perform the major roles of adulthood; Physical state as it ages
Subjective (Psychological) Age - ANS -Changes that occur in personality and
how one feels/identifies oneself as
-You are as young as you feel
Social Age - ANS -Society's expectations of how people should act as they grow
older
-Individual's social roles & relationships
-Social roles and positions such as widow, grandparents, retiree
-Status of an person in a given society
One theory which seeks to explain why inequality increases with age is the - ANS
Cumulative disadvantage theory
Transitions are produced by - ANS other's role changes
Age grades are ways of using age as a ____ to group people by status - ANS
social category
According to economist Dr. Steven Sass (2016), ____ seem far more important
than non-financial costs - both in keeping some workers in the labor force and
drawing others into retirement. - ANS non-financial benefits
, Older workers with higher levels of educational attainment stay in the workforce
full-time for ____ than do those with lower levels of educational attainment. -
ANS more years
In a longitudinal study, almost half of participants (____) said they are very
satisfied and another 41% said they are moderately satisfied in retirement.
However, over the course of 15 years, there has been a decrease in the proportion
of those indicating that they are very satisfied. - ANS 49%
In defined-benefit pension plans, employers... - ANS set up and contribute to
retirement accounts for their employees, promising pension payments
throughout their retiree's lifetime
Ageism is - ANS Discrimination based on age
Ageism has three levels of manifestation: - ANS institutional, interpersonal and
self-directed
Ageism has two forms of expression: - ANS explicit (conscious) and implicit
(unconscious)
If age integration means that we no longer have to have our activities defined by
age, then older people ___ participate more fully in all aspects of life and people
can cut back on paid work whenever their family demands are greatest. - ANS
can
The disengagement theory developed by Cummings and Henry states that... -
ANS normal aging involves a natural and inevitable withdrawal from people in the
social system
A theory is... - ANS a broad explanation that provides the structure for organizing
and interpreting multiple observable facts and their relationship to one another
The continuity theory uses - ANS a life course perspective to define normal aging
and to distinguish it from pathological aging
The Feminist theory of aging notes that men and women experience aging
differently because... - ANS the organization of social structure and gendered
social definition of reality
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