SOC352 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sheltered Housing, Grou, Learned Helplessness

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The multiple meanings of community: location/ defined by political or natural geographical boundaries. 1000 people; remote, wilderness; values and beliefs of rural residents about their community: older residents of rural communities are disadvantaged in some ways compared to their urban counterparts. These disadvantages include lower incomes, little if any public transportation, inadequate housing, fewer leisure, and social and health services. In stable neighbourhoods, especially low-income areas, there is a high degree of homogeneity with respect to age, race or ethnicity, and class. Environmental press and individual competence: model is based on the premise that adaptation involves the interaction of individual competence and environmental press. Individual competence can vary from low to high, while the degree of environmental press can range from weak to strong. A lack of balance suggests person-environment incongruence and a negative mental state. Individual competence generally declines with age, a reduced capacity to cope with environmental demands may occur.

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