GRT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Senescence, Population Ageing, Miscarriage

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15% of a country"s population is disabled. Human agency: the idea that people have the capacity to live a life that is meaningful in which they feel like they have control. The underlying claim is that to do this people need to have a certain degree of material possessions. Human agency is in uenced by social structures and how they act as a barrier or help with social decisions. Social aspects that impact human agency: poverty, money, disability, etc. Theoretically, if you think human agency is critical, an older person with less human agency may seem like a burden. An aging individual with some of these issues/illnesses/disabilities may suffer from diminished agency. Changes are continuous and gradually happen over a lifespan (1) Older people generally don"t feel different; but people will treat them differently since actions are based on appearance. Only survivors grow old (survival of the ttest considering special characteristics or conditions) (2)

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