SOCI 120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ageism, Conflict Theories
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The graying of society: elderly- adults ages 65 and older, graying- a term used to indicate that an increasing proportion of a society"s population is elderly. How do people age: social gerontology- the study of aging and the elderly, aging- the combination of biological, psychological, and social processes that affect people as they grow older, biological aging, psychological aging, social aging. Social isolation: emotional loneliness- the absence of an intimate confidant, social loneliness- the absence of a broader social network.
