PSYC 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sandwich Generation, Disengagement Theory, Activity Theory
22 Mar 2016
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States that lower levels of social interacion in older adulthood is relecive of a lifelong selecion process. Close social relaionships are maintained while less close relaionships are iltered out. Age-related reducions in social interacions can be adapive. 2 main goals of social interacion: informaion seeking and emoional regulaion/fulilment. Informaion seeking is more important earlier on in life. Percepion of ime inluences the choice of social partners; ime unlimited-informaion seeking- prefer novel/new social partners, ime limited-emoion regulaion/fulilment-prefer familiar social partner (ime is usually perceived as limited as age increases) States that social interacions are associated with both costs and rewards. Familiar social partners are more likely associated with posiive feelings. Balanced if two social partners have equal desire to spend ime with each other (ideal) If interacion is unbalanced, one partner will have more power (individual or insituion); less powerful individual may withdraw from relaionship.
