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Social age

GCSE Sociology · key term

Social age

Definition

The expectations and roles society attaches to people of different ages, rather than simply how many years they have lived.

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Eduqas GCSE Sociology · C200

Component 2

Societies attach expectations to different stages of life: children are expected to learn, adults to work, and older people to retire. These expectations form a person's social age. They influence how seriously people are taken and which opportunities others believe they should have.
Revise: Age Influences

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Social age — Eduqas GCSE Sociology Definition

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