Author Question: Which four factors have sociologists identified that people consider in applying the label of old to ... (Read 67 times)

yoooooman · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Which four factors have sociologists identified that people consider in applying the label of old to themselves?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

_____ assumes that the values and behaviors of the poor make them fundamentally different from other people.

a. Colonialism
b. The culture of poverty
c. Neocolonialism
d. World system theory

joanwhite · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The four factors are biology (signs of aging occur earlier in some people than in others); personal history (the effects of accidents can make a person feel older sooner); gender age (the same features, such as graying hair and wrinkles, may be seen as signs of maturity on a man but of getting old on a woman); and timetables (the signals societies use to inform their members that old age has begun, such as retirement).

Answer to Question 2

b. The culture of poverty