Define and Compare the Concepts of Age Cohort and Generation

question 67

Essay

Define and compare the concepts of age cohort and generation. Give examples.

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Definitions:

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.

Male

A sex that typically produces small, mobile gametes, such as sperm, characteristic of males in species that have sexual reproduction.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept where behavior is driven by the desire to seek pleasure and avoid pain, primarily associated with the id aspect of personality.

Repression

A defense mechanism where unwanted thoughts or desires are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.