GERO 14029 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Exchange Theory, Social Constructionism
17 Oct 2018
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Interpretive: consider how people relate, create social order, apply meaning to situations. Macro-level: examine how social institutions shape experiences and behavior. Functionalist: view society as system made of many parts always working to stay balanced. Conflict perspective: socially powerful groups influence everyone else. Age norms form social clock which orders major life events. Cohorts/ generations: people who experience same event within same time interval. Structural lag: social structures can t keep pace with population changes. Subjective: only as old as you feel. Activity: how individuals adjust to role changes by treating aging as a social problem. Disengagement: withdrawal or separate from past roles. Age stratification: how cohort and time period affect aging. Social exchange: if older people feel their contributions aren"t appreciated, they will withdrawal. Life course perspective: combine societal level and personal psychological factors. Political economy of aging: related to social exchange theory, based on power and opportunity. Cumulative disadvantages: structural disparities intensify w age.
