old age identity Flashcards
1
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parsons
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- family may create and reinforce old age identity through disengagement process which is where older people lose their social roles once they become older.
- elderly have less status in society due their children becoming older and retirement meaning their important social roles have been lost
- may have been isolated from their children as they tend to focus on their own lives and marriage
- Old age is socially constructed due to the disengagement process such as workplaces
2
Q
Carrigan and szmigin
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- Old people in the media and advertising suggests that whilst older consumers are rising in number, they won’t be advertised on tv due to their stereotypes given.
- Negative images of being old ‘smelly’ and ‘incontinent’
3
Q
sontag
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- double standard within the media and aging
- Women are requires and expected to stay youthful throughout their lifecourse whereas men aren’t
4
Q
landis
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- Older people are depicted as one dimensional and are stereotyped in negative ways:
- grumpy
- Depressed and lonely
- Mentally deficient
5
Q
Clarke and warren
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- Peer groups may create and reinforce old age identity through inclusion into new groups by taking up activities during retirement.
- Old age may be a time to make new friends and engage in new interests,
active ageing is when this period of life provides new opportunities and be seen as an active stage
6
Q
johnson
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- Labour market excludes older people by being ageist.
- Ageism occurs in the workplace through the stereotypical assumptions about a person’s ability to perform a job in relation to their age
7
Q
voas
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- Religion gives a sense of comfort when facing death
- Voided people are much more likely to identify as religious because:
- the generation effect
- Aging effect
8
Q
the generation effect
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- voas
- brought up in a much more religious era and socialises into values was much more intense
9
Q
aging effect
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- voas
- people become more spiritual the closer they are to death
10
Q
hockey and James
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- infantilisation
- children are seen to lack the status of personhood and are separated and excluded from the public, adult world etc
- link old age and childhood and argue that they are socially constructed in a similar way due to them losing their personhood
11
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infantilisation
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- hockey and James
- old people are treated like kids in retirement homes
- they weren’t allowed to keep their own money, but they were given ‘pocket money’, had privacy taken away, being bathed
- assumed to be quite innocent, not sexually active
- this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy