Lesson 12

Question 1

is a term generally used to refer to a wide range of aged behavior that characterizes mental incapacities

Answer 1

Senility

Question 2

This refers to an individual’s changing roles and relationships in the social structure with family members,
peers or barkada, friends, and with co-workers.

Answer 2

Sociological Aging

Question 3

which is derived from the Greek word, geron, meaning an “old person,” refers to the study of aging and
the elderly

Answer 3

Gerontology