Ageism


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 * A. The social standing of older people is based on ageism. Stereotypes of the older people justify prejudice and discrimination, which can harm the self-concepts of older people. Ageism is a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values, use to justify prejudice and discrimination against a particular age group. Some issues of ageism are age stratification, which is when the unequal distribution of scarce resources, such as power, wealth, and prestige, in a society is based on age. Elderly people compete with other age groups for scarce resources like economic resources, power, and prestige. In industrial society there are more workers than needed, in addition, the society save scarce resources by replacing high-priced older workers with less costly younger ones. Forced retirement is one way the more powerful age groups remove elderly competitors. Stereotypes are inaccurate because they do not apply to all members of a certain group. Stereotypes of older people are no exception; most elderly are able to learn new things and adapt to change. Elderly people are perceived as slow and forgetful, the elders are capable of most things that younger people are capable of. **
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