KINE 3350 Midterm: KINE 3350 MIDTERM NOTES
8 Feb 2017
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Gerontology: branch of knowledge dealing with aging, examines how aging affects the individual and impacts on society, geron and ontus; meaning old man. Ageism: term coined by butler in 1968, refers to the negative images of and attitudes towards an individual simply because they are old, related to racism and sexism. Age grading: responsibilities and expectations are related to chronological age, telling older people they can"t do things when really they"re quite capable, guidelines for acceptable behavior in specific social situations. Cohorts: all the people born during a specific time period. Old people go through the same experiences ex. Values: different age groups have different values. These values change, think differently at different ages. More successful assimilation in canada. (ospital care is a problem or older people that don"t know english: greater level of independence as possible regardless of diminished physical. Hunting and gathering society: people lived to be 20 years old.
