A criticism of Rowe and Kahn's theory of successful aging is
a. it is not based on research conducted on representative samples.
b. it is based on largely Western ideas of what successful aging is.
c. it makes several key assumptions (such as people having access to health care) that may not be universally true.
d. all of these are criticisms of the theory.
ANSWER: c
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