Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Silent Generation, Dependency Ratio, Disengagement Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Sociology looks at different age cohorts (groups), specifically at age groups/generations, because they all live through the same events in certain time: baby boomers is large population in us, now up to 60s. Wwii periods, leaving work force: silent generation, older than baby boomers born during great depression, gi generation oldest people alive today. Because of new advancements people live longer, estimated by 2025 that 1/4th of population will be >65, right now only 13. 5%. Can look at dependency ratio, an age-based measurement takes people <14 and >65 who are not in the labour force, and compares that to # of people who are: higher the ratio, more dependent people there are. Although living longer means can contribute longer to workforce. Life course theory aging is a social, psychological, and biological process that begins from time you born till time you die: age-based expectations no longer apply as they used to as people live longer.