Chapter 4 Flashcards
(11 cards)
Define buffering theory
holds that a culture that values seniors and provides meaningful roles for them tends to protect them to a degree from losses and social devaluation in later life.
what are cultural enclaves?
areas in a city or region where particular ethnocultural groups tend to congregate geographically and socially
define culture
shared language, beliefs, values, customs, and practices
define ethnicity
variously defined as country of birth, birthplaces of ancestors, cultural heritage, or self identification with an ethnocultural group
define filial piety
the culturally defined obligation, highly valued in Asian cultures, of adult children to their aging parents, requiring adult children to support their parents in their old age
define gentrification
in migration into older urban neighborhoods by new (often wealthy residents) that tends to drive up property values and displace former residents
define institutional completeness
the presence in a community of a wide range of economic, social, and religious institutions, including the availability of services, agencies, and programs
define life course perspective
Begins with the idea that life unfolds from birth to death in a social, cultural, and historical context; looks at the impact of social institutions, historical periods and events, personal biography, life cycle stage, life events, and resources on the minority older person
define minority groups
in Canada, those ethnocultural groups that have not originated in northern and western European countries
what is the multiple jeopardy theory?
the hypothesis that there is a compounding of disadvantages associated with age, race, ethnicity, and gender
define visible minority
non-European in origin and/or not white in skin tone; curiously, Canada’s official definition of visible minority excludes the indigenous population (first nations people, Inuit, metis)
