RECR 220 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Silent War, Sexual Identity, Baby Boomers

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 220
• Professor: megankurtz

Document Summary

Define demographics and provide examples of trends facing major demographic groups today. Demographics: statistical data relating to pop. /partic. groups w/in it. Trends facing major demographic groups: age groups. Generation cohort: group that shares birth yrs. , age, location, signif. life events. Silent gen. aka traditionalists= oldest indiv. in comm. Gen. xers aspire to achieve balance between work/leisure. Aspire to (cid:271)e (cid:862)(cid:373)ore(cid:863) tha(cid:374) the boo(cid:373)ers. Care a(cid:271)out (cid:449)hat they"re doi(cid:374)g (cid:448)s. ti(cid:373)e it takes. They want a beer/to be left alone. Millennials shaped by parents, comp. , tech. advances. Pro. sports: us soccer team, ethnic & racial groups (cid:862)ra(cid:272)e(cid:863)= phys. (cid:272)hara(cid:272). (cid:862)eth(cid:374)i(cid:272)(cid:863)= (cid:272)ult. /la(cid:374)g. *know/use these appropriately! (cid:862)color(cid:863)/eth(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:272)ult. of u = (cid:272)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g. Latinos= lrgst ethnic group: rapidly growing (immigration wave) Diversity will affect rec services: sexual identity. Sexual identity= useful term in 21st cent. b/c allows indiv. to define him/herself. E(cid:374)d of (cid:862)do(cid:374)"t ask do(cid:374)"t tell poli(cid:272)y(cid:863) Legalizing of same sex marriage: religious affiliations.