gerontology communication questions for a class essay test assignment

Below are the questions, everything must be in APA, use proper grammar, & uses empiral data. The textbook used for this assignment is below. In addition these are short answer / essay questions. Nothing very strenuous just has to be I really good form & complete. Very elaborative! Understanding Communication and Aging: Developing Knowledge & Awareness. 2ndEditionWritten by: Jake Harwood. Publishing information: Cognella Academic Publishing (info@congella.com or 800-200-3908. 2018. ISBN-13: 978-1516521296or ISBN-10: 1516521293. Publishing Information: Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. 2007. ISBN# 978-1-4129-2609-6.

1.Using Communication Accomodation Theory, explain how age cues such as wrinkles and expectations about aging can precipitate difficulty in conversation and negative attitudes toward the elderly. Provide at least two examples. (15 pts)

2.How does “baby-talk” impact interpersonal inter-action between generations?(10 pts)

3.Explain the Communication Predicament of Aging Model and offer some suggestions about what can be done to avoid this “predicament.” (10 pts)

4.Some authors contend that as
America grows older, the demography of television will also age. Do you think this change is occurring in
America? Why or why not? (10 pts)

5.Using a TV guide consider prime time TV programming. Discuss at least six serial programs. (These might be programs you are already familiar with, have watched a few times, catch on syndicated or specially focused channels i.e. Everybody Loves Raymond, The King of Queens, The Golden Girls, Etc.) What portrayals of the elderly do you see for three evenings out of the week. What are the characters available during prime time? What is their role prominence in the program they are in? (major/minor role?), what is the portrayal (positive, negative or neutral?). How else might you characterize them? (stereotypical, balanced, effective, ineffective, self-reliant, dependent, independent, etc.) Give specific examples of the portrayals, and the claims you make about them. (20 pts)

6.Use social-environmental theory to explain some of the hardships of a Freshman moving into the dorms may experience.Identify some of the differences between a Freshman moving into a new dorm and an older adult moving into a nursing home. (10 pts)

7.Examine the compiled lists of adjectives that appears as a resource entitled “As The list Grows.” Over the years of teaching this class I have compiled the adjectives generated to describe desired, imagined, and dreaded aspects of aging.Your new words are being added to the catalogue.As you move through these lists consider their cumulative impact, addressing at least 8 words (4 confirming, 4 disconfirming) that expand your awareness of your own stereotypes or stereotyping. (10 pts)

8.Thomas Darwin’s study of self-help books focused on our “Search For the Fountain ….” articulates 3 models of aging—identify 2 significant insights into communication and aging that you gleaned from each of Darwin’s models of aging.This is an essay about connections you are making as you think across the readings you have done…for example, how do these models of aging promoted in self-help literature contribute to, or alter the “geriatric gaze?”How do these models of aging promoted in self-help literature contribute to culturally socialized ways of interacting, eating with, or representing older adults? (15 pts)

 

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