Sociology 2169 Lecture Notes - Krahn People, Mandatory Retirement, Discouraged Worker
Document Summary
Positive stereotypes: younger workers: strong and eager, older workers: wise and experienced. Negative stereotypes: younger workers: irresponsible, older workers: resistant to change. Life course perspective: consider people"s experiences across time and across the course of their lives pathways our lives take: stereotypical model life course as it pertains to work and family. Core premises: experiences at one point in the life course shape its route and one"s later experiences: another premises: importance of social context and the interaction among context, historical era, and live course trajectories. Difference in birth year expose individuals to different historical worlds. Societal norms surround the timing of life course events: people who stray from expected patterns may face criticism and disdain or social difficulty. Ex. having children before you embark on careers and those who extend their schooling and prolong their entrance into the labour force.
