SOC102H1 Chapter 6: Reading for Week 5. Book: Social Problems, Chapter: 6
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Ppl practice ageism; direct or indirect discrimination against ppl based on their age. Modernization/industrialization brought ability for ppl to move on their own, less available and rely on parents. Western cultures reveres youth, other cultures revere elderly as wise. Stereotypes tend to be wrong; 1-2% of 65-74 live in institutions. Individuals construct their own life courses through the choices and actions they take within the opportunities of history and social circumstances (though 4 is important, we ultimately have choices) The life course is a patterned sequence of experiences over time, subject to social, www. notesolution. com historical and cultural influences. Senescence; biological process of aging, after achieving peak of physical and mental abilities. More interest in childhood than in later adulthood, but ppl are getting healthier; and the elderly have more than doubled from 5% in 1901 to 12% in this century.
