Gerontology Is

question 18

Multiple Choice

Gerontology is

• A) the same thing as ageism.
• B) the study of prejudice and discrimination toward the elderly.
• C) the study of aging.
• D) the study of how chronic illnesses progress over time.

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Definitions:

Inferiority Complex

A psychological condition in which an individual feels a deep sense of inadequacy and a lack of self-worth compared to others.

Freudian

Relating to or influenced by Sigmund Freud, particularly regarding his theories of the unconscious mind and psychosexual development.

Electra

In psychoanalytic theory, it refers to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Oedipal

Relating to the Oedipus complex, a concept in Freudian psychoanalysis that describes a child's feelings of desire for their opposite-sex parent and jealousy toward the same-sex parent.