Unit 5

Question 1

define kin keeper

Answer 1

a cross cultural expectation that women will organize family events and maintain contact with family members

Question 2

define retirement

Answer 2

voluntary or involuntary withdrawal from the workplace, retirement is known as “golden years” because they don’t have to do anything, 20th century development resulting from increase in life expectancy

Question 3

what is middle adulthood

Answer 3

years between 40 and 65

Question 4

In which year is the difference between male and female pay the most?

Answer 4

1995

Question 5

In senior years, what changes in the men to women ratio? Does the same happen to their pay?

Answer 5

The changes are; more women working than men, but men are being payed more

Question 6

What is the shocking trend for aging for single women?

Answer 6

There is a lot more single women 75 and older living below the poverty line

Question 7

What sex lives alone the most?.

Answer 7

Elderly women

Question 8

What percentage lives in “homes” or institutions?

Answer 8

9%

Question 9

How do you see social exchange working on seniors in terms of their self esteem and emotional health?

Answer 9

The seniors see their self worth as lower

but the money is very beneficial

Question 10

What is the stability template model

Answer 10

assumes individuals can’t change once they enter adulthood– basic personality is formed in childhood (freud theory)

Question 11

What is generativity

Answer 11

the central task in middle adult hood– establishing and guiding the next generation

Question 12

who came up with generativity

Answer 12

erik erikson

Question 13

what is integrity

Answer 13

people seek this later in life– is a result from living out of ones identity

Question 14

what is the orderly change model

Answer 14

explains that individuals identity is formed early in life but changes with interaction with environment and experiences

Question 15

what is the theory of random change

Answer 15

explains that fate/non-normative events cause change in identity because of how individuals adapt to their new roles

Question 16

what is the social construct theory

Answer 16

related to symbolic-interactionism– says that actions and feelings of individuals have no intrinsic meaning not heir own, but are given meaning by the theoretical perspectives that are developed for their explanation

Question 17

what are seasons

Answer 17

stages of live, in terms of aging (biological clock)

Question 18

what is the psychological clock

Answer 18

determines the meaning that individuals make out of their own lives

Question 19

what is stagnation

Answer 19

by becoming self-indulgent, individuals can develop

Question 20

what are the 4 types of generativity

Answer 20

biological, parental, cultural, technological

Question 21

what is biological generativity

Answer 21

parenthood

Question 22

what is parental generativity

Answer 22

raising children

Question 23

what is cultural generativity

Answer 23

sharing culture and traditions

Question 24

what is the technological generativity

Answer 24

passing on of knowledge

Question 25

what is Middle age

Answer 25

time of life when children left home, but now childbearing is being delayed the time is different; the period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65 (from the internet)

Question 26

what is the social clock

Answer 26

defines age strata

Question 27

what is age strata

Answer 27

layers within a society, different cohorts (generations)

Question 28

what is generation

Answer 28

people born in the same time frame; each has different needs depending on what is happening around them like the war for example

Question 29

what is family-work conflict

Answer 29

family responsibilities affect workplace roles does not significantly affect productivity, perhaps because workers are more focused and efficient on the job

Question 30

what is the general trend of the chart?

Answer 30

females live longer, overall both sexes have a rising life-expectancy

Question 31

how old is the largest part of our population in; | 1971?

Answer 31

10 years old

Question 32

1996?

Answer 32

35-40 years old

Question 33

1981?

Answer 33

20

Question 34

2006?

Answer 34

45

Question 35

Now?

Answer 35

56

Question 36

What cause the baby boom?

Answer 36

The war, when the men came back then they had lots of sex and made lots of babies

Question 37

At what age do mother do the most work?

Answer 37

When the children are under 6 years old

Question 38

When are father/mother work levels most egalitarian?

Answer 38

When they are childless or empty-nest (total opposite ends of the spectrum)