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michelleunicorn

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An 80-year-old teaches Sunday school each week and delivers food for Meals on Wheels. What theory of aging would apply?
 
  a. Newman's developmental
  b. The life course
  c. The activity
  d. The disengagement

Question 2

What is the major objection to the disengagement theory?
 
  a. The theory justifies ageism.
  b. The theory addresses the diversity of older adults.
  c. The theory does not clarify the aging process.
  d. The theory diminishes the self-esteem of the older adult.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Purposeful activity increases self-esteem and maintains cognitive function well into older age.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The disengagement theory seems to justify ageism by proposing that there is a mutual desire between the community and the older adult to be disengaged. According to the theory, this desire apparently does not diminish self-esteem because the older adult desires to be disengaged.




michelleunicorn

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
:D TYSM


jomama

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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