The Process of Deculturation: Its Dynamics among United States Aged

Through a process of conscious as well as unconscious conditioning the older American is gradually groomed for total cultural withdrawal. The dynamics of this process in many ways replicate- in reverse-the enculturative process of early childhood. Culture lag in adaptation to a changing life cycle has facilitated the cultureless position of the old. When you think about old age-and it is a subject studiously avoided