Age And Disability

Question 1

What is social construction of age?

Answer 1

Society creates an acceptable code of behaviour for a certain age

Question 2

What is biological determinism of age?

Answer 2

Features of your body, growth or deterioration that show your age

Question 3

What is rites of passage?

Answer 3

Ceremony and ritual which accompany the changes of status that occur in the course of the lifecycle

Question 4

What are age boundaries?

Answer 4

Social and legal boundaries which mark a particular age

Question 5

What is a life course?

Answer 5

Concept refers to a socially defined ‘timetable’ of behaviours seemed as appropriate for particular life stages within any one society

Question 6

What is moral panic?

Answer 6

Amplified youth deviance by the media

Question 7

What is anti-school subculture?

Answer 7

Youths who are negative about school and following rules, gain status by misbehaving among peers. Believe manual work is superior

Question 8

What is the pivot generation?

Answer 8

Middle age where someone has both parents and children and have to pivot/look after between the two

Question 9

What is the dual burden?

Answer 9

Responsibility of dealing with children and work

Question 10

What is a mid life crisis?

Answer 10

Men who try to regain aspects of youth, expensive or dangerous culture

Question 11

What is conspicuous consumption?

Answer 11

People of middle age have the most disposable income so define their identities by what they wear

Question 12

What is disengagement?

Answer 12

People leave the social roles and statuses they used to have when they reach old age

Question 13

What is active ageing?

Answer 13

When old age provides people with new opportunities for life

Question 14

What is a disability?

Answer 14

Physical or mental long term impairment

Question 15

When was the Disability Discrimination Act created?

Answer 15

2005

Question 16

What is the medical model?

Answer 16

Idea that disability is a medical problem

Question 17

What is victim mentality?

Answer 17

Disabled people see themselves as victims

Question 18

What is the social model?

Answer 18

Idea that disability is based on social constructs of ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’?

Question 19

What is stigma?

Answer 19

The term surrounding stereotypes and interpretations

Question 20

What is a master status?

Answer 20

Primary status a person holds in society

Question 21

Youth (6 marker)

Answer 21

Youth is associated with people from age 12-25, this group share a transitional stage of their life. It is socially constructed identity as it has changed over time and is different in various cultures. Sewell suggests young Afro-Caribbean boys were socialised by the media to behave in a hypermasculine identity like the role models from rap music. McRobbie suggested that young girls formed a ‘bedroom culture’ to be socialised with peer groups in the privacy of their bedrooms

Question 22

Middle Age (6 marker)

Answer 22

Middle age is associated with people from age 25-60, this phase centres around career and family and have the highest status in society. It is a socially constructed identity as it has changed over time and is different in various cultures. Brannen said they have a Dual Burden as focus on work and children at the same time. Saunders says they undergo conspicuous consumption by buying products to make their identity look good

Question 23

Old Age (6 marker)

Answer 23

Old Age is associated with people from age 60+, this phase centres around disengagement and often faces ageism. It is a socially constructed identity as it has changed over time and is different in various cultures. Clark & Warren says active ageing is when they have more opportunities and take part in more activities after retirement. Hockey & James says how we infantilise the elderly.

Question 24

Subculture (6 marker)

Answer 24

A smaller group within a large one or a minority section of a majority culture. Groups of young people who do not follow the same norms and values as each other. They differ in fashion, music and behaviour. Sewell suggests the anti school subculture and McRobbie suggests the bedroom culture

Question 25

What are rites of passage?

Answer 25

Ceremony or ritual which accompany the changes of status that occur in the course of the life cycle

Question 26

Name Moral Panic through the decades

Answer 26

Mods and Rockers: 60’s
Punks: 70’s
Football hooligans: 80’s/90’s
Ravers: 80’s
Hoodies: 00’s
Islamophobia: 2010’s

Question 27

What is de-differentiation?

Answer 27

Differences between stages of life become less clear

Question 28

What is de-institutionalisation?

Answer 28

Institutions in society open up to most or all ages now