Assignment Instructions
**Assignment Title:** Cultural Perspectives on Aging Journal
**Objective:** To reflect on how cultural heritage and personal experiences
influence aging.
**Scenario:** You are writing a sociology journal exploring your identity and
its relation to aging.
**Requirements:**
- Discuss how cultural heritage impacts your perceptions of aging.
- Reflect on your personal experiences in shaping these beliefs.
- Compare your perspective with at least one academic source on aging.
**Formatting:** APA, 2–3 pages.
**Submission:** Submit via the Sociology of Aging course portal.
1-2 Journal: Aging
Sociology Department, Southern New Hampshire University
Soc-328: Sociology of Aging
The topic that stood out to me most was from our discussion post, the
question is “Does your culture/heritage play a role?” Now I had to think
about this question because in a way culture/heritage does play a role, but in
values and upbringing and not in aging. I still believe that age is related to
your genetic makeup, but the culture/heritage you are brought up in does
say a
lot about who you are as an individual and whether you continue the
traditions or divert from them. I branched out and started to learn about my
culture/heritage and now I incorporate it into my daily life. I do not believe
this will help me age better, but I do believe it helps me identify who I am.
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