Introduction to Sociology
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FURTHER RESEARCHNew Dynamics of Aging is a web site produced by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Sheffield. It is supposedly the largest research program on aging in the United Kingdom to date. In studying the experiences of aging and factors that shape aging, including behaviors, biology, health, culture, history, economics, and technology, researchers are promoting healthy aging and helping dispel stereotypes. THINK IT OVERRemember Madame Jeanne Calment of France was the world’s oldest living person until she died at 122 years old? Consider her life experiences from all three sociological points of view. Analyze her situation as if you were a functionalist, a symbolic interactionist, and a conflict theorist. Which lifestyle do you think is healthiest for aging people—activity, continuity, or disengagement theories? What are the pros and cons of each theory? Find examples of real people who illustrate the theories, either from your own experience or your friends’ relationships with older people. Do your examples show positive or negative aspects of the theory they illustrate? TRY ITAn older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the ________ theory. Disengagement Derotranscendence Activity Continuity The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory? Disengagement Age stratification Modernization Conflict Which theory proposes that as we age, we choose personal goals to get the most out of the effort we put into activities, in this way making up for the loss of a wider range of goals and activities? Selective Optimization with Compensation Theory Subculture Theory of Aging Activity Theory Gerotranscendence Check your answers at the end of this document Yüklə 2,84 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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