HLTHAGE 1BB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Baby Boomers, Generation Z, Centrism
20 Oct 2017
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Ignores that people"s activities and interests change over time. Does not consider the different meanings that people attribute to activity. Does not consider social structural constraints such as socioeconomic status (too micro) People"s lives unfold in ways that make continuation of desired roles and activities difficult (too simplistic) Modern society ranks or stratifies individuals according to age. Groups of individuals born at a particular period of time (cohort) grow old together along with society. People"s lives change in relation to changing social structures. Refers to the idea that groups of people have a similar identity and view of the world based on their shared experience. Intergenerational or cohort conflict arises because cohorts interpret events through the lens of their own particular social and historical experiences (cohort- centrism) Separates age differences (between cohorts) from age changes (due to bodily aging) Ignores how race, class, gender, and ethnicity create inequalities within age cohorts.
