Midterm Flashcards

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what is life span

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it is the maximum mount of years you life

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2
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what is life expectancy?

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the general prediction of amount of time you are supposed to live

  • 83 for women and 79 for men
  • 102 for humans
  • highest in BC and lowest in newfoundland
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3
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what is the rule of 4ths?

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the 1/4 decline of normal function

  • disease
  • disuse
  • misuse
  • physiological aging
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4
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what is demography

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studying the aging within certain population over place and time usually a census every 4-5 yrs

  • decline mortality and fertility rates
  • increase in immigration
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5
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what is median age

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chronological age at which the population divides into equal halves of younger and older people
-national median is 40
highest is 45 in japan
lowest is 15 in niger

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what is ageism

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social operation of young ppl with negative info of older people

  • -varies in cultures
  • resides in fear and vulnerability toward aging
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7
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revera age report

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6/10 seniors aged 66 and older said they’ve been treated unfairly

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what is apocalyptic demography

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notion that a demographic trend like population aging has a catastrophic consequence for society

  • social problem
  • homogenization of old ppl
  • age blaming
  • intergenerational injustice
  • social policy
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9
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activity theory

MICRO

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to successfully age you need to be engaged

-meet social needs to be stable in life

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disengagement theories

LINKING

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letting go of social roles and responsibilities

-prepare for inevitable death

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continuity theory

MICRO

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choices made to preserve ties from the past

-lack of consideration for structural factors

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social exchange theory

MICRO

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more resources=max rewards=more social role

-person to person interaction is max reward

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age stratification theory

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age cohorts over life course and stratification by age like baby boomers
-homogenious

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modernization theory

MACRO

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the more modern society is getting the less status older people get

  • impacts from urbanization
  • less about individual more about status within society
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political economy theory

MACRO

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treatment of older people can be understood in context of economy and shows inequality by age

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aging enterprise

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relationship between social policy and conditions of elderly

17
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critical feminist theory

LINKING

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gender is fundamental in organizing people in society

  • gender is socially constructed
  • -based on experiences of dominant group which is middle class white men
18
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feminization of poverty

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women are prone to poverty later in life because of societal limitations impacting quality of life

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life course perspective (Dom theory in gerontology)

LINKING

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lifetime -age
historical -era in which events occur
social - expectations of life events related to age

20
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goals of gerontology research

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explore
describe
explain
-dynamic life course perspective and policy developments!

21
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positivist approach

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transfer physical sciences to study human behavior

-objective observation

22
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interpretive approach

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the world has many realities

objective reality cannot be known

23
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critical approach

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unmask the oppression of vulnerable people
make change
encourage awareness

24
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life course fallacy

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mistake of interpreting cross sectional age differences as if they referred to the process of aging

25
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age is a process and a structure:

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similar aged= one strata

structural lag- policies change but systems slow to adapt

26
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age inclusivity

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primary responsibility of governments in promoting providing and ensuring access to basic social services

27
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what is ethnogerontology

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studies that influence race, culture on individual and population level

28
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race

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physical characteristics that are socially constructed

29
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ethnicity

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shared history of ones people

-within social hierarchy they’re perceived to have different statuses

30
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level theory

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levels ethnic differences, aging as an enterprise is important

31
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buffer theory

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ethnic identity actually protects people from roles as they age
acts as buffer!
-strong roots are seen as important for quality of life

32
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multiple jeopardy theory

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aging makes things worse for an ethnic group ontop of minority factors

  • gender
  • race
  • socio economic status
33
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global demography

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explosion- growth of population
implosion- concentrated population
displosion - immigration
technoplosion -modernizing

34
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4 reasons aging will a NOT create economic crisis

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1) decreased fertility
2) less kids and theyre healthy= higher adult productivity
3) increased longevity =long before retirement
4) tighter labour markets

35
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what is social gerontology

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it studies social processes, practices and policies in relation to aging and to old people