Social and Emotional Development #2

Question 1

5 Theories of Life Satisfaction

Answer 1

1) Disengagement Theory
2) Activity Theory
3) Continuity Theory
4) Selective Optimisation with Compensation (SOC)
5) Gerotranscendence

Question 2

Disengagement Theory

Answer 2

Social and emotional withdrawal essential part of successful ageing

Question 3

3 Components of Disengagement Theory

Answer 3

1) Shrinkage of life space
2) Increased individuality
3) Acceptance of change

Question 4

Activity Theory

Answer 4

Older adults have same social wants and needs as younger people, if roles are adapted to replace them, life satisfaction

Question 5

SOC

Answer 5

People try maintain balance in lives by looking for best way to compensate physical and cognitive losses

Question 6

Gerotranscendence

Answer 6

Shift in life perspective to younger generations

Question 7

3 Main Models of Identity

Answer 7

1) McAdams’s Life story (identity based on our life story)
2) Whitbourne’s Life-Story Model (we have idea of who we are and we act accordingly)
3) Hooker and McAdam’s 6 Foci Model of Personality (combination of traits, states, goals/motivations, sense of control, life-story, self-narration)