Age and Aging
Review Terms and Concepts
The following list of key terms, people, and phrases make an excellent list to create flashcards for studying.
Age stratification
dementia
Alzheimer's disease
life expectancy
age stereotypes
age norms
age differential
ascribed status
"graying of America"
contract between generations
generational equity
What is the life course perspective
4 stages int he life span (life cycle)
How is the U.S. child centered?
youth cultures
argot
mid-life crisis
rites of passage
cohort effect
age effect
Medicaid
Medicare
examples of elderly abuse
hospice movement
anticipatory grief
Age prejudice
Age discrimination
ageism
quadruple jeopardy
disengagement theory
conflict theory of age stratification
How do Interactionists look at age stratification?
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