SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Gerontocracy, Social Inequality, Symbolic Interactionism
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The primary determinant of height is income, since income translates into more protein consumption, which leads to growth in height (140) Rehabilitation = curing disabilities as much as possible through medical and technological intervention, improving the lives of people with disabilities, and integrating them into society (146) Prior to the 1960s, social change for people with disabilities was led by those without disabilities (148) In the 1960s, people with disabilities began to mobilize and speak on their own behalf (148) Life course = the distinct phases of life through which people pass, which varies by culture (149) Rites of passage = cultural ceremonies that mark the transition from one stage of life to another (149) Age cohort = category of people born in the same range of years (149) Generation = age group with unique formative historical experiences (150) Age stratification = social inequality between age cohorts (151) Gerontocracy = a society ruled by older people, ex. preindustrial societies (151)
