SOC334H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Road Scholar, Lifelong Learning, Potluck
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Men ages 64-74 spend 3. 7 hours a day on passive leisure. Women in this age group spend 3. 1 hours on passive leisure: active leisure: reading, going to a movie, playing cards, using the. Internet, socializing with friends, and physical recreation leisure. Men and women ages 65-74 spend 4 hours a day on active: health and life satisfaction played a role in the older person"s choice of. A variety of activity patterns: older people often engage in socially satisfying, non-demanding, non- strenuous activities. Says that a lifetime of experiences leads a person to certain choices in later life. Ex. people with many years of formal schooling will tend to return to school in old age. But continuity theory cannot account for individuals who enter university for the first time in retirement or someone who takes up a new interest: life-span development perspective. Growth and change take place every stage of life, and people grow and change along many dimensions.
