SA 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Poorhouse, Acculturation, Industrial Revolution

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 420
• Professor: Andrew Wister

Document Summary

Values are criteria used to judge behaviour (e. g. , dependency). (cid:1) Norms are expectations of behaviour (e. g. , older people should relinquish their jobs ). Values and norms tend to be fairly homogeneous within cultures but heterogeneous across cultures. Age grading: different age cohorts and generations tend to have expectations related to their own age. Looks different or in a negative way or stereotypical way. Canada is a multicultural society and there are diversity of cultures. This chapter covers different angels and aspects of aging. How people age and what is status of older people. You can look at one society or compare different societies. Degree to which different cultures respects elder people. How is healthcare seen in different cultures and the support gap and care gap. Eastern and western culture- we have more services. More and more older people are dependent on children. Fertility rates are declining- china had a one drop policy.