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Gerontology Basic Concepts #1 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass 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 ...

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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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