2/The concept of age identity refers to the inner experience of a persons age and aging process.

Age identity is the outcome of the processes through which one identifies with or distances oneself from different aspects of the aging process. In scientific research a persons age identity is measured with questions such as How old do you feel?; To which age group do you belong?; and How do you perceive and understand your own aging process? Age identity belongs to the domain of the subjective experience of aging. Key measures of age identity thus are subject to personal biases and misinterpretation, yet researchers in the field of gerontology have long taken the personal experience of ones own age and aging process to be a subject worthy of investigation. Different aspects of age identity have been studied empirically since the 1950s (Barak & Stern, 1986). There are two reasons why it is important to study this topic. First, age identities, however biased they may be, have important consequences for individual development over the life course. Second, age identities represent visions of aging that come from older persons. It is important to highlight these perspectives in research, as they are not paid much attention in contemporary society. 1. Gender identity is a person's private sense, and subjective experience, of their own gender. This is generally described as one's private sense of being a man or a woman, consisting primarily of the acceptance of membership into a category of people: male or female.[1] All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis of the formation of a social identity in relation to other members of society. In most societies, there is a basic division between gender attributes assigned to males and females. In all societies, however, some individuals do not identify with some (or all) of the aspects of gender that are assigned to their biological sex. In most Western societies, there exists a gender binary, a social dichotomy that enforces conformance to the ideals of masculinity and femininity in all aspects of gender and sex - gender identity, gender expression and biological sex. Some societies have so-called third gender categories that can be used as a basis for a gender identity by people who are uncomfortable with the gender that is usually associated with their sex; in other societies, membership of any of the gender categories is open to people regardless of their sex. Gender identity is usually formed by age three and is extremely difficult to change after that.[2][3][4][5] The formation also commonly concludes between the ages of four and six.[6] Gender identity is affected by influence of others, social interactions, and a childs own personal interest. Understanding gender can be broken down into four parts: (1) understanding the concept of gender, (2) learning gender role standards and stereotypes, (3) identifying with parents, and (4) forming gender preference (Newman 243). A three year old can identify themselves as a boy or a girl, though they do not yet know gender is permanent