A 55-year-old man is extremely fearful of the effects of growing old. He is experiencing:
a. Ageism
b. Gerontophobia
c. An age phobia
d. Elder phobia
B
This term also includes refusal to accept the elderly into the mainstream of society. Ageism is stereotyping the elderly as weak, dependent, and nonproductive. Age phobia and elder phobia are not used terms.
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