Age and Aging

Question 1

Life Course

Answer 1

period from life and death (includes predictable events like physical maturation: child –> adolescent –> adult etc)

Question 2

Aging

Answer 2

a lifelong process of maturation physically, psychologically and socially

Question 3

Geriatrics

Answer 3

medical specialty focusing on the elderly

Question 4

Gerontology

Answer 4

multidisciplinary field of science that explores the process of aging and the challenges as seniors grow older

• the field includes medical/bio scientists,
• social scientists (that’s a thing?!)
• financial/economic scholars

Question 5

Social gerontology

Answer 5

examines the social aspects of aging/ experiences of people at specific ages
- also age-specific concerns like: process of dying (how dark..)

Question 6

Senior people typically feel _________ and _______

Answer 6

invisible and devalued

Question 7

Social stigma

Answer 7

mark of difference that is a socially undesirable characteristic

Question 8

Types of stigma?

Answer 8

• bodily stigma
• moral stigma
• tribal stigma

Question 9

ageism

Answer 9

inequality based on age that privileges the young at expense of the old

Question 10

elder abuse

Answer 10

when a caretaker intentionally harms the person in their charge
- caregivers can be: family members, friends, healthcare professionals

Question 11

Primary aging

Answer 11

biological factors like molecular and cellular changes during life

Question 12

Secondary aging

Answer 12

occurs due to controllable factors like –> no physical exercise or bad diet

Question 13

Erik. H. Erikson

his name is so repetitive

Answer 13

• socialization has 8 phases: each phase has a particular challenge to overcome
  the last phase (old age) –> challenge is to embrace integrity over despair

Question 14

Grief

Answer 14

psychological, emotional and social response to feeling of loss after one’s death/similar event

Question 15

Thanatology

Answer 15

systematic study of DEATH and dying

Question 16

Palliative care

Answer 16

improve the qualitive of life for people with life-threatening conditions

Question 17

Disengagement theory

Answer 17

• –>Theoretical Perspective: Functionalism on aging

- –> successful aging needs withdrawal from social activity

Question 18

Age stratification theory

Answer 18

• —> conflict theory on aging
• —-> members of society are categorized by age like race, religion and class
• —-> value of a person is based on age rather than achieved characteristics

Question 19

Symbolic interactionism on aging

Answer 19

• nothing in the biological nature of aging creates any defined attitudes
• attitudes towards elderly are rooted in society (respect, etc)

Question 20

Constructionism on aging

Answer 20

• deconstruction of the entire category on what it means to be old

Question 21

T/F: This midterm should have been open book.

Answer 21

TRUEEEE
atleast the terms aren’t too difficult…I think
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