Old age also forces us to confront changes in social roles and relationships as well as physical appearance.

Old age also forces us to confront changes in social roles and relationships as well as physical appearance. In the Introduction, we argued that the social context in which we experience these changes mediates their impact on how we feel about ourselves. How did the social worlds of Jack Culberg and Carolyn Heilbrun influence both the consequences of and their responses to the aging process?