Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 75: Natural-Born-Citizen Clause, Equal Opportunity, Disengagement Theory

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

Document Summary

80 year old on ski slope or getting a master"s degree): life course approach refers to a research perspective that considers how experiences from earlier in life affect outcomes later in life. Age stratification theory suggests age is way of regulating behavior of a generation. Activity theory - looks at how older generation looks at themselves. Certain activities or jobs lost, those social interactions need to be replaced so elderly can be engaged and maintain moral/well-being. Disengagement theory older adults and society separate, assumes they become more self- absorbed as they age. But considers elderly people still involved in society as not adjusting well, which is debatable. Continuity theory - people try to maintain same basic structure throughout their lives overtime. As they age people make decisions that preserve that structure and use it to adapt to external changes and internal changes of aging: older generations continue to age and adapt and society has to adapt with them.