SOCL 4531 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aarp
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Defined more by the physical or mental frailty that accompanies old age: theories of social aging, stress and coping theory presumes that adaptive behavior occurs primarily in response to stress (i. e. problems, hardships, or circumstances that threaten an individuals well being); can differ in magnitude. It is used to make comparisons between age and sex categories within a single population and populations of very different sizes: major trends in aging from 1900 to 1990 , dependency ratio , life expectancy , life span , birth rate , death rate , population projections for older persons, chapter 3, modernity , beginning, middle, and possibly an end. Post modernism 1980s rejects modernisms principles of universalism and rationalism as well as traditionalism"s appeal for continuity with the past: aging and modernization , anthropologist leo simmons cross cultural study of 71 societies concluded, in relatively stable agricultural societies, elders occupy positions of favor and power b/c of the concept of seniority rights.
