Connie is an 82-year-old retired full professor taking undergraduate courses in deviance, criminology, and juvenile delinquency. Which sociological term most applies to connie being 82 and an undergraduate student?

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Ismael Lowe

24 March, 07:54

Connie is an 82-year-old retired full professor taking undergraduate courses in deviance, criminology, and juvenile delinquency. Which sociological term most applies to connie being 82 and an undergraduate student?

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Tanya Miles · Answer 1

I believe the answer is: status inconsistency

status inconsistency refers to a social phenomenon when a person's posiiton both give positive and negative score to that person's social status. Being too old in our current society is generally deemed as unproductive age (which give negative score), and being highly educated is generally give positive score to a person's social status.