Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Equity Theory, Disengagement Theory, Dementia

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2711A/B
• Professor: Marie Savundranayagam

Document Summary

The social clock sets age norms and expectations feeling that when your 18 you need to go to university and it is a norm. When your 21 you have to nish university and start a family or go to grad school not at the individual level aging is what happens over time but is has to do with the history. Individual opportunities: what is the life course perspective, emphasizes the ways in which people"s locations in the following shape their experience of old age: Key concepts of life course perspective: transitions: changes in roles (e. g. , student, employee, retiree, caregiver) sometimes doesn"t go in a one way pattern, age-graded, older adulthood: becoming more of an ambiguous transition like spouse to widower. Linking early life to later outcomes racism, sexism, homophobia sociodemographic factors opportunities in later life disparities: gender, ethnicity/race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, educational attainment, health, economic, educational.