theories for midterm Flashcards
(30 cards)
micro level theories
individuals experiences, behaviour, personality
macro level theories
social insitutions, social structures and policies
interpretive perspective
focuses on micro level social life
the functionalist perspective
social order is based on consensus, cooperation and shared norms&values, all parts of society serve as a role or function to keep society balanced
structural functionalist theory
treats society as a system of social institutions, society is constantly adjusting and evolving to internal or external pressures
disengagement theory
mutual withdrawal of individual and society (criticized)
activity theory
engagement in activity helps with adjustment to aging
continuity theory
adjustment to aging involves maintaining consistent sense of self with the past and activities and values from mid life - continue what youve been doing
age stratification theory
movement of age cohorts over time as they age
role of social structures in the process of aging in society
life course perspective theory
bridges micro and macro levels
looks at transitions and trajectories of individual
conflict perspective theory
society consists of conflicts between dominant and subordinate social groups
political economy theory
study of aging in context of larger political, historical, economic and social forces. capitalist - cause problems for elders
cumulative disadvantage theory
disadvantages earlier in life accumulate over the life course
moral economy theory
focuses on shared values and social norms that shape popular beliefs in the legitimacy of certain policies and practices
post-modern theory
contrasts modern society with past society- older ppl can create identity and meaning of their old age
demographic determinism
The assumption that population dynamics direct the future of social interactions and social institutions
apocalyptic demography
the use of demographic facts to project high cost of aging population and prediction that it will lead to economics and social crisis
activities of daily living ADL
daily activities such as bathing, moving from bed to chair, dressing, eating, walking
instrumental activities of daily living IADL
home management, using phone, shopping, cooking
fluid intelligence
reasoning, abstract thinking, knowledge gained through schooling/reading - decreases with age
crystallized intelligence
depends on stored info, numerical and verbal skills, increases with age
sarcopenia
age-associated decline in muscle mass and quantity
plaques
abnormal clusters of protein that stops transmission of info
tangles
dead and dying nerve cells contain tangles of another protein
