HDFS 4413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fourth Age, Gerontology, Apache Hadoop
30 Aug 2016
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Seven characteristics (aging and human development encompasses: continuous development, multidirectional change, growth and decline, plasticity (resiliency, historical embeddedness, contextualism, multidisciplinary study. Refers to anyone in the development life span model over 80. Efficacy (ability to maintain independent) of culture: decreases with age. Specific goals one seeks to attain: assumption: older adults become more selective relative to what they can or cannot do given biological, psychological, or social constraints. Increased efficiency in everyday functioning: assumption: aging requires practice of selective attributes. Adaptation to limitation and constraint: assumption: practice enhances resilience in the form of improved functional capacity. Disengagement theory (cumming and henry, 1961: assumption: social normative expectations to withdraw from social roles and expectations, ex. Timing of life events dictates retirement; society expects old generation to make way for newer and more advanced younger workforce. Activity theory (havighurst, tobin, and neugarten 1968: assumption: disengagement as path to pursuit of increased life activity pursuits that were put on-hold or never attempted, ex.
