Question

A comparative analysis of the Tiwi and Abkhasians illustrates that the meanings people attached to aging

A. are rather similar in most societies.
B. are dependent entirely on diet and information.
C. are socially constructed.
D. depend on the individual personalities of the elderly.

Answer 1

Answer - C. Are Socially Constructed

A comparative analysis of the Tiwi and Abkhasians shows that aging as a Social Construction. In other words, although aging itself is a biological process, what it means to be “young” or “old” is socially constructed.

Answer 2

A comparative analysis of the Tiwi and Abkhazians illustrates that the meanings people attached to aging are socially constructed.

Option C

Explanation:  

According to Tiwi and Abkhazians the term old is socially constructed. The attitude towards the age differs from one social group to another. Many times people apply the 'old' label to themselves. The factors that lead them to apply the old label is "biological signs of ageing", personal history, gender age and time tables. The time tables are the signals that informs the old age has began and gender age is the relative value of men and women ages in a particular culture.