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| interpretive perspective | Focuses almost exclusively on the micro-level of social life. It looks at how people define situations, how they create social order, and how they relate to one another in daily life. |
| ageism | Prejudice against older people. |
| macro-level theories | Theories that “examine social structures or structural elements as they influence experiences and behaviors” (Bengtson et al. 1997, S76). |
| age effects | An effect on a person’s life due to physical decline. These changes appear with the passage of time. |
| qualitative methods | research methods that include in-depth interviews, analysis of the content of documents or artifacts, and observation |
| cross-sectional research design | A design that studies people from many age groups at one point in time. |
| new ageism | the belief that older people need special treatment due to their poor health, poverty, and lack of social support |
| stereotypes | An exaggerated and often prejudiced view of a type of person or group of people |
