FUNCTIONALIST VIEW ON AGE INEQ Flashcards
summarise parson’s view of age ineq
age ineq occurs due to norms and values of the age group
certain age groups can threaten society with their _____ and ______
norms and valued
Parsons believed that youth was a time where we….
learn to grow up, experimenting with deviance
what do elderly people’s role change to after retiring/
maintaining stability, e.g. through free childcare
what does Eisenstadt say about different age groups?
different age groups learn different roles to further solidarity in society
who came up with disengagement theory?
Cummings and Henry
what did Cummings and Henry come up with?
disengagement theory
what is disengagement theory?
abilities deteriorate with age, responsibilities and roles need to be relieved
what happens when an elderly person is relieved of their responsibilities?
someone needs to fulfil their role
what is considered as managed disengagement?
retirement age, people let go from roles they cannot fulfil
a criticism of functionalism is that not all elderly people…
deteriorate with age or at al
functionalist view is very ________…
optimistic
functionalist view ignores the….
negative experience of aging, not all elderly want to be disengaged
