An older adult has recently begun to display unprecedented lapses in short-term memory. The nurse overhears a colleague reassuring the person by saying, "Try not to worry; it's just a part of growing older."
The nurse recognizes that this is an example of what phenomenon?
A) Multiple jeopardy
B) Gerontophobia
C) Age attribution
D) Implicit ageism
Ans: C
Age attribution is the act of attributing a problem to age rather than to a pathology, as in the colleague's statement. Multiple jeopardy is the compounding of discrimination based on factors such as race and gender, while gerontophobia is the fear or hatred of older people. Implicit ageism is the unrecognized, negative perception of older people.
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