首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Ageism American society has been described as maintaining a stereotypic and often negative perception of older adults. This
Ageism American society has been described as maintaining a stereotypic and often negative perception of older adults. This
admin
2010-03-19
59
问题
Ageism
American society has been described as maintaining a stereotypic and often negative perception of older adults. This negative and/or stereotypic perception of aging and aged individuals is readily apparent in such areas as language, media, and humor. For example, such commonly used phrases as "over the hill" and "don’t be an old fuddy-duddy" denote old age as a period of impotency and incompetency. The term used to describe this stereotypic and often negative bias against older adults is ageism.
Ageism can be defined as "any action, or institutional structure which subordinates a person or group because of age or any assignment of roles in society purely on the basis of age". As an "ism", ageism reflects a prejudice in society against older adults.
Ageism, however, is different from other "isms" (sexism, racism etc.), for primarily two reasons. First, age classification is not static. An individual’s age classification changes as one progresses through the life cycle. Thus, age classification is characterized by continual change, while the other classification systems traditionally used by society such as race and gender remain constant. Second, no one is exempt from at some point achieving the stares of old, and therefore, unless they die at an early age, experiencing ageism. The later is an important distinction as ageism can thus affect the individual on two levels. First, the individual may be ageist with respect to others. That is s/he may stereotype other people on the basis of age. Second, the individual may be ageist with respect to self. Thus, ageist attitudes may affect the self concept.
Much research has been conducted concerning ageism. However, the empirical evidence is inconclusive. Some research demonstrates the existence of ageist attitudes and other research does not. This discrepancy is most likely the result of methodological differences and, in particular, methodological errors. A brief discussion of the major methodological errors or problems found in ageism research may be helpful in clarifying this point.
Ageism is different from other "isms", because of all the following reasons EXCEPT that
选项
A、it is based upon the constant age classification.
B、the concept of agedness is changing gradually.
C、one is experiencing the aging process oneself.
D、age classification remains the same for many years.
答案
D
解析
按照第三段Ageism与其他-ism不同有两个方面的原因。其中第一个原因是age classification is not static。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/zq9K777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Accordingtothenews,whatareDefenseDepartmentofficialsexpectedtodoonFriday?
Everyproductonthemarkethasavarietyofcostsbuiltintoitbeforeitiseverputupforsaletoacustomer.Therearecost
Theresponseofadultstothebehaviorofadolescentsisoftenmorestronglyinfluencedbytheadults’ownneedsthanbytheway
EverypeoplehasitsownspecialwordsandexpressionsliketheAmericanexpression"onthewagon".Itmeansapersonwhonolo
Angyaldescribedthecaseofamanwithadomineeringfatherwhoshowedextremeswingsofmoodinrelationtohisson.Attimes,
Certainlynocreatureintheseaisodderthanthecommonseacucumber.Alllivingcreature,especiallyhumanbeings,havetheir
TheSenatebillaimsto_______withinthenextsevenyears.
Whenwilltheydiscusstheagenda?
Ican’tfindJennyeverywhere.Where______shebe?
Howshouldaparentwithstrongpoliticalopinionstalktotheirchildabouttheirviews?Ifyoulistentothepollsters,you’re
随机试题
Moviesusedtobeshowninanopenspaceinourtown,withaudience______onbenches,chairsorboxes.
治疗热淋,宜选用的药物是
某奶牛场部分奶牛产犊1周后,只采食少量粗饲料,病初粪干,后腹泻,迅速消瘦,乳汁呈浅黄色,易起泡沫;奶、尿液和呼出气有烂苹果味该病最可能诊断是()。
润肠泄热,行气通便功用的方剂是
根据《政府核准投资项目管理办法》,项目核准机关对项目申请报告审查的内容有()。
根据车船税法律制度的规定,下列车船中,以“辆数”为计税依据的有()。
阅读材料,回答问题。材料一张謇(1853—1926年),江苏南通人。1894年考取状元,但他未贪恋官场,而是选择了实业救国之路。19世纪末,他在南通创办了大生纱厂,后又创办轮船、面粉、冶铁、银行等企业,成为一代工商巨子。材料二读
设A是n阶实对称矩阵,若对任意的n维列向量α恒有αTAα=0,证明A=0·
A、Teachers’resistancetochange.B、Students’inadequateabilitytoread.C、Teachers’misunderstandingofsuchliteracy.D、Stude
—Clair,doyoucookintheevenings?—______ThenIpreparesomethingspecial.Ihavealotofcookbooks.Ithinkit’snicetoe
最新回复
(
0
)