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Today in the United States, students of all races and ethnicities are permitted into schools,

The social conflict theory on aging called ________ presents a rational choice approach, and suggests that we experience an increased dependence as we age and must increasingly submit to the will of others because we have fewer ways of compelling others to submit to us.

In the education system labels such as “low achiever” are difficult to “shake off,” which can create

Almost all healthcare in the United States is run by ________.

The term ________ refers to the aging process, including biological, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual changes.

It is important to note that ethnic minorities, including African Americans, Mexican Americans and Native Americans, ________ than whites.

Healthcare, as we know it, is virtually non-existent in ________ countries.

The United States’ older adult population can be divided into three life-stage subgroups: the ________ (approximately sixty-five to seventy-four years old), the ________ (ages seventy-five to eighty-four years old), and the ________ (over age eighty-five).

The U.S. government typically classifies people aged sixty-five years old as ________, at which point citizens are eligible for federal benefits such as Social Security and Medicare.

According to ________, health and illness are both socially constructed, so they focus on the specific meanings and causes people attribute to illness.