Identify the four goals of a critical gerontology approach
What will be an ideal response?
The four goals of a critical gerontology approach are: 1. to theorize subjective and interpretive dimensions of aging 2. to focus not on technical advancement but on praxis (active involvement in practical change) 3. to link academics and practitioners through praxis 4. to produce "emancipatory" knowledge or a positive vision of a "good old age"
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How would you use Exploration when trying to facilitate the integration of effectively
doing something? a. Incorporate questions regarding the person's values and views on doing something correctly b. Be supportive and compassionate while also trying to not direct the client towards feeling a certain way about their abilities c. Ask about the person's thoughts and feelings about the ability to act differently and the degree to which this ability is sufficiently enhancing the person's functioning d. Help the client understand what their indirect communication is expressing as you work together and discuss their abilities
Social development includes economic aspects as essential components in the planning
and implementation process.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Viewing the plight of women in the macro social environment by assuming that sexism is
relevant to the experiences of many women and is the basis for many of women’s difficulties is defined in the text as a sex filter.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.What is ideology?
A. elevating own ethnic group and its social and cultural processes above others B. dominant ideas about the way things are and should work C. something verbal or nonverbal that comes to stand for something else D. culture is adapted, modified, and changed through interactions over time