Old people quiz

Question 1

What are the four theories of aging?

Answer 1

1. Stability template model
2. Elderly changes model
3. Theory of random change
4. Social construction theory

Question 2

Explain stability template model

Answer 2

• assures that individuals do not change once they achieve adulthood
• Explains that if an individual is stable over time, s/he will respond to events and stresses in life in a consistent manner

Question 3

Explain elderly change model

Answer 3

-Explains that an individual’s identity is formed earlier in life but changes through interaction with the environment in the present

Question 4

Explain theory of random change

Answer 4

• Explains that fate or non-normative events cause change in identity because of how individuals adapt to their new roles
• Suggests that although behaviour of individuals within generations conform to a pattern, it is not possible to predict behaviours of future generation

Question 5

Explain social construction theory

Answer 5

-Suggests that actions and feelings of individuals have no intrusive meaning on their own, but also given a meaning by theoretical perspectives that are developed

Question 6

Explain psychological clock and how it might affect one’s life

Answer 6

• Determines the meaning that individuals make of their own lives
• Individuals choose the path of their lives in each season and lives with consequences
• Fall is the season in which individuals mature and the benefits are provided for the winter

Question 7

Explain the sandwich generation

Answer 7

It refers to the members that are caught between the often conflicting demands of caring for the younger generation and caring for the seniors