Old Age Identity

Question 1

parsons

Answer 1

• family may create and reinforce old age identity through disengagement process which is where older people lose their social roles once they become older.
• elderly have less status in society due their children becoming older and retirement meaning their important social roles have been lost
• may have been isolated from their children as they tend to focus on their own lives and marriage
• Old age is socially constructed due to the disengagement process such as workplaces

Question 2

Carrigan and szmigin

Answer 2

• Old people in the media and advertising suggests that whilst older consumers are rising in number, they won’t be advertised on tv due to their stereotypes given.
• Negative images of being old ‘smelly’ and ‘incontinent’

Question 3

sontag

Answer 3

• double standard within the media and aging
• Women are requires and expected to stay youthful throughout their lifecourse whereas men aren’t

Question 4

landis

Answer 4

• Older people are depicted as one dimensional and are stereotyped in negative ways:
• grumpy
• Depressed and lonely
• Mentally deficient

Question 5

Clarke and warren

Answer 5

• Peer groups may create and reinforce old age identity through inclusion into new groups by taking up activities during retirement.
• Old age may be a time to make new friends and engage in new interests,
  active ageing is when this period of life provides new opportunities and be seen as an active stage

Question 6

johnson

Answer 6

• Labour market excludes older people by being ageist.
• Ageism occurs in the workplace through the stereotypical assumptions about a person’s ability to perform a job in relation to their age

Question 7

voas

Answer 7

• Religion gives a sense of comfort when facing death
• Voided people are much more likely to identify as religious because:
  
  • the generation effect
  • Aging effect

Question 8

the generation effect

Answer 8

• voas
• brought up in a much more religious era and socialises into values was much more intense

Question 9

aging effect

Answer 9

• voas
• people become more spiritual the closer they are to death

Question 10

hockey and James

Answer 10

• infantilisation
• children are seen to lack the status of personhood and are separated and excluded from the public, adult world etc
• link old age and childhood and argue that they are socially constructed in a similar way due to them losing their personhood
• older people are dependent on carers similarly to how children are
• they are given pocket money, baby talk, nicknames, make decisions without their consent etc
• seen as ‘helpless infants who are dependent on adults

Question 11

infantilisation

Answer 11

• hockey and James
• old people are treated like kids in retirement homes
• they weren’t allowed to keep their own money, but they were given ‘pocket money’, had privacy taken away, being bathed
• assumed to be quite innocent, not sexually active
• this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 12

• family may create and reinforce old age identity through disengagement process which is where older people lose their social roles once they become older.
• elderly have less status in society due their children becoming older and retirement meaning their important social roles have been lost
• may have been isolated from their children as they tend to focus on their own lives and marriage
• Old age is socially constructed due to the disengagement process such as workplaces

Answer 12

parsons

Question 13

• Old people in the media and advertising suggests that whilst older consumers are rising in number, they won’t be advertised on tv due to their stereotypes given.
• Negative images of being old ‘smelly’ and ‘incontinent’

Answer 13

Carrigan and szmigin

Question 14

• double standard within the media and aging
• Women are requires and expected to stay youthful throughout their lifecourse whereas men aren’t

Answer 14

sontag

Question 15

• Older people are depicted as one dimensional and are stereotyped in negative ways:
• grumpy
• Depressed and lonely
• Mentally deficient

Answer 15

landis

Question 16

• Peer groups may create and reinforce old age identity through inclusion into new groups by taking up activities during retirement.
• Old age may be a time to make new friends and engage in new interests,
  active ageing is when this period of life provides new opportunities and be seen as an active stage

Answer 16

Clarke and warren

Question 17

• Labour market excludes older people by being ageist.
• Ageism occurs in the workplace through the stereotypical assumptions about a person’s ability to perform a job in relation to their age

Answer 17

johnson

Question 18

• Religion gives a sense of comfort when facing death
• Voided people are much more likely to identify as religious because:
  
  • the generation effect
  • Aging effect

Answer 18

voas

Question 19

• voas
• brought up in a much more religious era and socialises into values was much more intense

Answer 19

the generation effect

Question 20

• voas
• people become more spiritual the closer they are to death

Answer 20

aging effect

Question 21

• infantilisation
• children are seen to lack the status of personhood and are separated and excluded from the public, adult world etc
• link old age and childhood and argue that they are socially constructed in a similar way due to them losing their personhood
• older people are dependent on carers similarly to how children are
• they are given pocket money, baby talk, nicknames, make decisions without their consent etc
• seen as ‘helpless infants who are dependent on adults

Answer 21

hockey and James

Question 22

• hockey and James
• old people are treated like kids in retirement homes
• they weren’t allowed to keep their own money, but they were given ‘pocket money’, had privacy taken away, being bathed
• assumed to be quite innocent, not sexually active
• this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 22

infantilisation