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What is ageism? Provide examples of age-based prejudice and discrimination.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The __________ nature of social problems describes societal conditions that harm certain segments of the population.
 
  A) economic
  B) objective
  C) political
  D) subjective



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Answer to Question 1

 Ageism is prejudice and discrimination directed toward older people.
 Like racism and sexism, ageism defines physical traitsin this case, graying hair, wrinkled skin, or any other signs of advancing ageas evidence of being less worthy as a person.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B



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