Age Identities - Unit 1 Section A

Question 1

parsons

Answer 1

Childhood is a period when socialisation into society’s culture takes place. Children learnt the norms and values associated with the different social roles,which enables them to contribute to society as an adult
2 main functions
-primary socialisation of children
-stabilisation of adult personalities of the popular society
Adolescence is the time children develop independence from their parents and shift from primary loyalty of parents to marriage partner

Question 2

Griffin

Answer 2

Media amplifies deviance and stereotypes teens
Portrayed as a social problem in 3 way
Dysfunctional- don't function properly
Suffering at a deficit- hard done by
Deviant- drugs drinking making mess 
Moral panic

Question 3

mcrobbie

Answer 3

Bedroom culture
Girl best friend
Cult of femininity
inclusion/role models

Question 4

Sewell

Answer 4

Black african caribbean boys , hyper masculinity peer pressure, giving status to members that imitate negative role models and norm breaking behaviour
Get rich quick

Question 5

Willis

Answer 5

Working class boys have no career goals and reject school because they see it as irrelevant to them as they will follow in their father’s footsteps as they get manual labour jobs. Peer pressure to encourage disruptive behaviour.

Question 6

Brannen

Answer 6

Middle age is when they shoulder many caring responsibilities children/ parents. - Pivot generation switching between the two
Dual burden- double the responsibility for caring for both kids and parents. - mother

Question 7

Saunders

Answer 7

Buying patterns, middle age have the highest amount of disposable income they often define their identity by what they own - conspicuous consumption heavily influenced by media so media targets middle age

Question 8

Hodkinsons

Answer 8

Subcultures provide a sense of belonging which could continue into middle age. Shown in goths- the commitment of being a goth and the friendship groups and the identity surrounding being a goth are so intertwined that it would feel odd to leave it as things like having a successful career are still important to them(willing to adapt their look for a job) and bringing their kids to goth festivals to continue to be a part of the subculture

Question 9

Willis

Answer 9

Workplace reinforces middle age identity - Lads manual labour jobs defined themselves as manual labourers

Question 10

Mac an ghail

Answer 10

Middle aged people being made redundant from their manual labour job felt great loss of identity from tight knit communities and the loss of the bread winners role made them feel a loss of status

Question 11

Parsons

Answer 11

Elderly have less status in society and feel relatively isolated from their children who focus on their marriage partners and their own children
Disengagement theory- elderly disengage with their previous roles and harvest the fruits of their labour and enjoy recreational activities (social construct function harmoniously) (less need of NHS)

Question 12

Carrigan and szmigin

Answer 12

Elderly in the media and advertising shows older consumers have grown in numbers and affluence, however are unlikely to be portrayed in advertising as their depictions are smelly and incontinent yet older people today are more likely to be fit and healthy and desire to be seen in a positive light

Question 13

Sontag

Answer 13

Double standard of aging especially in tv whereby women are required to be youthful throughout their media career and men are not

Question 14

Clarke and Warren

Answer 14

Active aging old age is a time to take up new interests and make new friends - identified this time in

Question 15

The university of the third age

Answer 15

Developed in the 1960s based upon the principles of learning rather than gaining a qualification

Question 16

Johnson

Answer 16

Ageism occurs in the workplace and is institutionalised and embedded - stereotypical assumption about a person’s capability to do their job in relation to their age older people have a harder time finding work due to this

Question 17

Featherstone and Hepworth

Answer 17

De-differentiation - the process by which the differences between different stages of the life course become less clear. Deinstitutionalisation - the process by which the institutions of society become less closely associated with maintaining different phases of the life course.
There are constant messages from the media to ‘stay young’ and delay the process of aging, the ‘mask of aging’.

Question 18

Blaikie

Answer 18

Attitudes towards retirement and stereotypes of old age have been broken down due to consumer culture as elderly are targeted with a range of products. The grey £ and there are also more celebrity role models in the media who claim they are not restricted by their age

Question 19

The medical model

Answer 19

Sees disability as a medical problem focusing on limitations caused by impairments. Defining a person by their impairments. Victim blaming mentality.

Question 20

Shakespeare

Answer 20

Disabled are often socialised into seeing themselves as the victims and people with impairment settle with a victim mentality because they use it as their reason for failure. Also the lack of diabled role models in the media give diabled people a hard time creating positive identities. And able bodied people pity them.

Question 21

the social model

Answer 21

Focuses on the social and physical barriers to inclusion that exist such as designing of building and spaces for people with disabilities

Question 22

Ridley

Answer 22

Pondered the question why does disability make you feel awkward

Question 23

scope.org.uk

Answer 23

Found that two thirds of people felt awkward talking to a disabled person and launched a campaign to remedy this

Question 24

Barnes

Answer 24

Representations of disability have generally been oppressive and negative

Question 25

Gill

Answer 25

Reconciling your identity as a disabled person with previously held notions about what being disabled means is a common burden

Question 26

murugami

Answer 26

Argues disabled people have the ability to construct a self identity that accepts their impairments but is independent of it

Question 27

Scrambler

Answer 27

The perception which is given to a disability has recently changed