Health Sciences 2711A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Family Caregivers, Disengagement Theory, Activity Theory
28 Feb 2018
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Looks at the developmental process and how it occurs at different layers. Also looks at various influences that affect the individual. The type of person that you hang out with will determine the level of health that you will have. Looks at factors beyond the immediate personal factors (ex. Analyzes the norms, roles, and attitudes which contribute to the way that you age overtime. Social clock expectations and norms set by society. Often present in fourth year students who don"t know what to do after they graduate. Finished school w/ a job, everyone is getting married and having children but you aren"t. Look at significant historical life events (ex. Grow up in a wealthy neighbourhood with many opportunities) The social system (society you"ve grown up in) Historical period (what period they"re living in and have lived in) Important concepts: linking early life to later outcomes. Sociodemographic factors: trajectories: series of transitions.
