age identities

Question 1

setterson: 3 functions of age identity

Answer 1

salience, anchorage and markers

Question 2

define salience

Answer 2

structure of rights, exchanges, responsibilities and entitlements

Question 3

define anchorage

Answer 3

age related events and associated meanings

Question 4

define markers

Answer 4

a rite of passage event

Question 5

bradley : life course model

Answer 5

1. childhood
2. adolescence
3. young adulthood
4. adulthood
5. elderly

Question 6

aries on the childhood

Answer 6

childhood has shifted definitions over the last 100 years, showing that childhood is socially constructed

Question 7

postman on the childhood

Answer 7

the wide spread of visual media prevents the maintenance of innocence in childhood

Question 8

clarke on youth identity

Answer 8

youth is characterised by rebellion and resistance and often subcultures

Question 9

jones and wallace on young adulthood

Answer 9

there are subtle private markers surrounding young adulthood

Question 10

pilcher on young adulthood

Answer 10

defines it when someone lives with a sexual partner in a self owned home

Question 11

hockey and james on young adulthood

Answer 11

defined by idependence from parents, new responsibilities and financial control

Question 12

bradley on middle age

Answer 12

middle aged identity is the most respected

Question 13

brookes-gunn on middle age

Answer 13

starts at age 35

Question 14

mckingsley on old age

Answer 14

over 85s is the fastest growing age group in the uk 2001. they are the oldest old

Question 15

victor: 4 aspects of old age

Answer 15

-loneliness
-dependence on others
-poor health
-inability to learn

Question 16

de geest on old people

Answer 16

old people slowly disengage with society

Question 17

laslett: 4 stages of life

Answer 17

1: stage of socialisation
2: stage of work and childrearing
3: stage of independence
4: stage of decline

Question 18

thornton on age identity in media

Answer 18

the media of popular culture influences how we view age identities

Question 19

define chronological age

Answer 19

the number of years you have lived (aged by birthdays)

Question 20

define active ageing

Answer 20

a postmodernist concept, meaning that how you act can be chosen and is not age based

Question 21

corner on old age

Answer 21

elderly people are portrayed as a burden by the media

Question 22

polhemus on youth

Answer 22

Youth are a non-homogeneous group in a ‘supermarket of style’.

Question 23

featherstone and hepworth on age identities

Answer 23

we put a ‘mask of age’ on our identities, we are ageless

Question 24

Laczko + Phillipson on old age

Answer 24

some may chose early retirement due to wealth, not just ageing.

Question 25

blaikie on old age

Answer 25

the fourth age can be filled with active but lesire-based activities

Question 26

powell on old age

Answer 26

The inequality in the elderly is more likely to be due to labelling - not just ageing.

Question 27

Henretta + Grundy - Sandwich generation.

Answer 27

Older middle-aged women care for older relatives whilst also looking after adult children.