SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Disengagement Theory, Old Age
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Many factors influence our experience of time. Kathy charmaz: physical disability (and extreme aging) undermines our ability to make plans and carry them out undermines our sense of a personal future undermines our sense of self as a unique, independent entity. This is the experience of people who are bedridden with a debilitating chronic illness. Many studies attempted to conceptualize new age groupings, which help us make sense of our current realities: cluttered nest syndrome. Erik erikson: eight-stage theory divides adulthood into three stages young (20 to 45), middle (45 to 65), late (65 and up) For arnett, the young was too broad because it contained too many different life experiences, which meant the younger of the young adults were going through a complex developmental sequence of their own. E. g. , from living with parents at 20, to owning a home and having a family by 45. Interviewed twenty-somethings to find out how they differentiated themselves from thirty-somethings.
