Age identities

Question 1

Youth most important 3 sociologist go

Answer 1

Parsons, McRobbie, Willis

Question 2

Youth most important

Parsons

Answer 2

Childhood provides 1 primary socialisation of children
2 the stabilization of adult personalities of the population of society
dependent to independent

helps it to progress smoothly

Question 3

Youth most important

McRobbie

Answer 3

young girls socialise in in home- safe environment - bedroom culture - best friend / cult of femininity socialised in to gender roles

Question 4

Youth most important age

Willis

Answer 4

Young working class lads fatalistic about futures - unskilled manual labour work - anti school follow in fathers footsteps see it school as irrelevant

Question 5

What study do you use for middle age being most important go

Answer 5

Saunders, Brannen , Hodkinson, Mac n Gail

Question 6

Middle age being the most important

Saunders

Answer 6

Saunders studies conspicuous consumption within the middle age identity and how they take ownership of their goods. The media will target the middle class more as they disposable income talks bout midlife crisis

Question 7

Middle = important

Brannen

Answer 7

Dual burden

middle age women pivot sandwich generation

Question 8

Middle = important

Hodkinson

Answer 8

Hodkinsin says  looks and style are important for this subculture as it makes them feel like they belong in the middle class 
middle age goths - key sense of identity being part of subculture - inclusion

Question 9

Old age is the most important study’s go

Answer 9

parson , Carrigan and szmigin , Johnson

Question 10

Old age = important

Parsons

Answer 10

Elderly have less status in society, once children have grown up and men have retired, the elderly lose their most important social role within the family - disengagement eg their children focus on partner or their children

Question 11

Old age = important

Carrigan and Szmigin

Answer 11

Old age labelled by media as ‘smelly and incontinent’

Also they are now less protayed in ad even though they are growing in consumer

Question 12

Old age = important

Johnson

Answer 12

The workplace is institutionally ageist

Question 13

Age is the most important identity to someone studies go

Answer 13

Parsons, Saunders , Hockey and James

Question 14

Age is the most important identity

Parsons (young)

Answer 14

He argues that adolescents develop independence from their parents. This is important to help society progress smoothly as it’s essential.

Question 15

Age is the most important identity

Saunders (middle age)

Answer 15

Conspicuous consumption

Question 16

Age is the most important identity

Hockey and James (old age)

Answer 16

Old people are negatively labeled in care homes - infantilised - treated like children can support with carrigan and smigin

Question 17

POSTMODERN (not distinct)

Featherstone and Hepworth

Answer 17

Argue that the life course has begun to deconstruct .
De -differentitaion (stages of life becoming less clear)
and de-institutionalisation (instittions like education no longer differntiate between age groups)
mask of aging eg botox and plastic surgery

Question 18

Not distinct
Postmodern

Blakie

Answer 18

The retired are now an important consumer group who are targeted with a range of products and services. The grey £

Question 19

POSTMODERN (not distinct)

Clark and warren
Link with the university of the third age

Answer 19

Clark and warren = old age is now a period for active ageing ~ age is changing

3 rd age = examples of active ageing = leading for enjoyment