As you would expect a __________ to do, Jairdin investigates how people change as they grow old as well as the different ways in which societies around the world define old age.

a. psychologist
b. biologist
c. psychoanalyst
d. gerontologist


Answer: d. gerontologist

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

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