Age Identity

Question 1

List the two ways age is constructed

Answer 1

Culturally and socially (rather than biologically)

Question 2

What is age dependent on?

Answer 2

Attitudes and expectations (rather than biology)

Question 3

Is childhood socially constructed?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

How are children viewed in the media?

Answer 4

Little angels or little devils

Question 5

Youth is a period of

Answer 5

Rebelling, growing and having fun

Question 6

What does Abrams say about youth culture?

Answer 6

Young people are all part of the same youth culture

Question 7

Why is middle age a meaningless concept?

Answer 7

It is experienced differently everywhere and there is no clear boundary

Question 8

Why do men and women experience middle age differently?

Answer 8

Men - hankering youth

Women - menopause

Question 9

Middle age is a time of…

Answer 9

Reflection

Question 10

Who says that old age is stereotyped as a time of loneliness, poor health and dependency?

Answer 10

Victor

Question 11

Evaluate Victors criticism..

Answer 11

Old age is challenged whereby many old people still drive and lead active lives doing things they couldn’t when younger

Question 12

What does Cohen say the media does?

Answer 12

Sensationalises and exaggerates youth behaviour to create newsworthiness

Question 13

What creates moral panic?

Answer 13

Youth fights

Question 14

Young people who are blamed for the nations decline are seen as

Answer 14

Folk devils

Question 15

Youth are condemned more than praised?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Who says that youth are a social problem in 3 ways?

Answer 16

Griffin

Question 17

List the 3 ways Griffin says that youth are a social problem

Answer 17

Dysfunctional, deficit and deviant

Question 18

Who argues that their is a double standard in the media?

Answer 18

Sontag

Question 19

What is the double standard and who argues this?

Answer 19

Women- expected to be youthful throughout tv careers. Sontag

Question 20

Who talks about ageism in the workplace?

Answer 20

Arber and Ginn

Question 21

What do Arber and Ginn say about ageism?

Answer 21

It is reinforced through employment practices e.g redundancy and retirement. Age barriers also.

Question 22

What does Giddens say about retirement?

Answer 22

Allows elderly to grow and learn.

Question 23

What else does Giddens talk about?

Answer 23

3rd age & 4th age

Question 24

Who talks about peer groups?

Answer 24

Heath

Question 25

What does Heath say?

Answer 25

Friendship networks socialise young adulthood

Question 26

Young adulthood is a period of..

Answer 26

Being single and independent living arrangements

Question 27

Give Lasletts 3 alternative age categories

Answer 27

First age - socialisation
Second age - working and childrearing
Third age - independence

Question 28

(E) youth: the age gap is - and caused by -

Answer 28

Exaggerated

Moral panic

Question 29

(E) youth: conformists and get on with parents and value tradition

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Youth has been labelled as..

Answer 30

Ordinary

Question 31

(E) youth: young and parents still hold..

Answer 31

The same values

Question 32

(E) middle age: why is it a meaningless concept?

Answer 32

It is experienced differently e.g men and women and m/c and w/c

Question 33

List the two ways middle age is experienced differently

Answer 33

m/c and w/c

men and women