Basic Aspects of Aging
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- disengagement theory
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*withdraw from society
- aging IV becasue they are old
- everyone does it different ages
- ignores social context and individuality
* DIFFERENTIAL DISENGAGEMENT:
- only certian roles fall out of but maintain others - activity theory
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* better adjustment more active you are
- maintain activities midlife
AKA: implicit theory aging - continuity theory
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Keep as many roles as possible but can drop ones think cant do
-Internal: Personality
-External:Past role performances (ex:activities) - exchange theory
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cost and benifit - allocation of resources
- elders lose power and resource get older (NO! ex: supreme court)
- excange btwn generations
Ex: parents help w/ $ in college - Subculture theory
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*people act certian way b/c they are certian age group (share values/views)
EX: nursing home setting
- culture within whole culture
- act same way (NOT REALLY TRUE!) according to theory - social construction theory
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*we construct reality of aging/ what it is to be old
- what an elder is?
- attributions people b/c they are old
- stereotypes/ what appropriate - modernization theory
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*elderly lose status when socity went from agricultural to industral society
- elders neglected by children (NO!)
- 21st century have many programs only for senior citizens! - Age stratification theory
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*break people into groups
EX: race/sex/age/marital staus
- allocate privlages to people based on age
-ristrictions and privlages people - political economy theory
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*goes on at societal level affects status of elders
-institutional gov. level
(Social Security/medicare (+))
(drug benefit (-))
driving test keep licence - feminist theory
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*gender central focus- relationship btwn genders
- female less power than male