Chpt 6 Aging And Ethnicity

Question 0

Ethnicity

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Include ancestral origin, a homeland or land of origin, a shared history of one’s people and a shared identity, language, sometimes religion and culture, subculture.

Question 1

Ethnogerontology

Answer 1

Studies the influence of race, ethnicity, national origin, and culture on individual and population aging

Question 2

Ethnic group

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Is said to exist if group membership is defined by means of a characteristic normally inherited from one’s parents, if the group has a distinct social structure and if the shared ethnicity is recognized by individuals and by others.

Question 3

Interlocking hierarchies

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Allocate the resources of society according to power. Dominance criteria associated not only with ethnicity but also with age, gender, and class.

Question 4

Race

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Refers to physical appearance
Is a category devised by others that places people with similar biological traits into a group.
Constructed social phenomenon.