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| the scientific study of aging and the elderly. |
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| the natural deterioration of cells and organs as a result of aging. |
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| the elderly control most of society's wealth, power, and prestige. |
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| the belief that people in a particular age category are inferior to people in other age categories. |
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| an organization with the goal of eliminating ageism in all forms. |
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| mistreatment of older persons |
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| the scientific study of death and dying. |
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| helping the terminally ill to die free of pain and with as much dignity as possible. |
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| an environment designed for the care of the terminally ill, where individuals are allowed to die a relatively pain-free |
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| social disengagement theory |
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| contends that as people age they withdraw from social participation and are relieved of social responsibilities. |
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| contends that the extent to which an individual remains engaged in meaningful social activity determines the quality of life in old age. |
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| conflict approach to aging |
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| asserts that the elderly compete with younger members of society for the same resources and social rewards and suffer a variety of disadvantages because of their relative lack of social power. |
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| subculture theory of aging |
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| States that older persons form subcultures in order to interact with others with similar backgrounds, experiences, attitudes, values, beliefs, and lifestyles. |
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| contends that norms of reciprocity govern interaction and that elderly people engage in meaningful social interactions as long as they are mutually beneficial to all parties. |
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| the use of technomedia such as telephones, computers, Internet, and other technologies for the purposes of diagnoses, consultations, medical referrals, and treatment. |
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| Schools created by a charter (a contract between those starting the school with a governing body with the authority to grant the charter) that receive tax monies and are open to all who wish to attend. |
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| Overemphasis on educational credentials. |
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| The process by which culture is passed from one generation to the next. |
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| The institutional process of systematically teaching certain cognitive skills and knowledge and transmitting them from one generation to the next. |
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| A focus on the contributions of Europeans to history, math, science, and literature. |
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| An aspect of education designed to teach dominant norms, values, and consensus ideology |
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| Where children are not sent to school but receive their formal education from one or both parents. |
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| Creating new knowledge and finding new ways to use existing knowledge. |
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| Bringing together people from diverse social backgrounds so that they share common social experiences and develop commonly held norms, attitudes, and beliefs. |
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| Recognizes cultural diversity and promotes an appreciation of all cultures. |
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| A form of self-fulfilling prophecy; occurs when teachers expect students to succeed and excel and are motivated to work with them to ensure that they do. Teachers may also ignore youngsters expected to fail until they, too, achieve the anticipated outcome. |
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| When predictions about students' abilities shape the students' future actions and behaviors in such a way that the predictions come true. |
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| Placing students perceived to have similar intelligence and academic abilities in the same classroom. |
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| Provide tax dollars to parents to offset some of the costs of transporting their children to public schools outside their district to help defray the tuition costs of private schools. |
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| Changing the traditional school calendar to extend instructional time or to rearrange the use of that time significantly. |
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| An occupation that involves manual labor or factory work. |
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| An economic system in which the means of production are privately owned, and goods and services are distributed competitively for profit. |
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| Consumers' desire to express their social standing by acquiring goods and services simply for the purposes of having, displaying, and consuming them. |
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| The process of accumulating and using goods and services. |
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| Huge corporations that produce hundreds of different products under a variety of trade and brand names. |
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| Situations that occur when directors sit on more than one major corporate board, linking the corporations in ownership, management, and political and economic activities. |
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| Large business concerns owned by thousands of stockholders and managed by boards of directors. |
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| The allocation of goods and services to societal members. |
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| The ideology, values, norms, and activities that regulate an economy |
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| The systematic production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services in a society. |
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| That part of the economy characterized by the exchange of goods and services, and generation of income that goes unreported to the government; also called the underground economy. |
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| ombines central elements of capitalism and socialism and allows private ownership and free enterprise to compete with business, industries, and services owned and operate by the state. |
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| An occupation heavily dominated by women. |
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| Occupations that provide high income, prestige, and extensive benefits to workers. |
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| The process by which goods and services are brought into existence. |
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| A white-collar occupation that is prestigious, is relatively high paying, and requires advanced formal education and specialized training. |
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| Jobs that provide low wages and few benefits. |
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| An economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state, and goods and services are distributed as a cooperative enterprise without regard to personal profit. |
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| transnational corporations |
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| Corporations that operate worldwide. |
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| Exchange of goods and services and generation of income that goes unreported to the government; the hidden economy |
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| An occupation that involves office work or nonmanual labor. |
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| cquired immune deficiency syndrome; a spectrum of disorders and symptoms that result from a progressive breakdown of the body’s immune defense system. |
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| A medically diagnosed illness. |
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| The study of the incidence and distribution of health and disease in a society. |
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| The absence of disease and infirmity and the ability to respond effectively to one’s environment. |
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| The social institution charged with the maintenance of a society’s health and standard of well-being. |
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