Analysis of Ageing Based on Psychology Interview
Berger (2014) also believes that one of the major challenges that old people face is the problems associated with ageism and elderspeak. The concept ageism is defined as the discrimination or prejudice that occurs to aged people, although ageism can occur to people of all ages, however, it is more frequent with older people than younger generation and the issue may lead to a retirement. Berger (2014) defines the concept elderspeak as a condescending strategy of speaking to the older person, which resembles the baby talks with simple, short and slower rate using the higher pitch than normal speech. The author further identifies ageism as a prejudice by which people are judged based on their chronological age. In the… Continue Reading...