According to 1950s Functionalist Theorist Talcott Parsons

According to 1950s functionalist theorist Talcott Parsons:

A) U.S. society needed to find roles for people who are elderly that were appropriate to their diminished physical and psychological capacities
B) people who are elderly needed to organize social movements to struggle for greater economic equality
C) older people should actively participate in shaping and defining their own social roles
D) older people experience social closure globally
E) older people need not to expect to have a vigorous sex life