Which Perspective Views Aging as a Process in Which an Individual

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which perspective views aging as a process in which an individual adjusts to inevitable new roles, such as a "retiree" or "widow," and argues that an individual's failure to adapt to role changes (from worker to retiree) represents an inability to fit into the existing social structure, not that the structure is ineffective or unsuitable for that individual or period in history?

• A) Participatory action research
• B) Structural functionalism
• C) Symbolic interactionism
• D) Social construction

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