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Print out this chart. Then fill in the chart below with the names of five elderly persons that you know personally or as public figures. Then, mark the appropriate boxes to describe each person. Check out further instructions at the bottom of the chart. 

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Now, look at the ages and characteristics of each of the persons you have listed . Do they match your image of a person that age?  Is there a cultural lag between what you think and how they really are (check lecture for explanation of cultural lag).

Which of these do you consider "Successful Aging"?

What image do you have of yourself as you age-- perhaps age 80, age 90, or beyond? 

 If someone were filling out this form with your name on it, when you are old, what would they say about you? What will you be like?

Remember to include all these points for full credit :-)

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Adapted from Hilliar and Barrow, Aging The Individual and Society, 1999

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