Health Sciences 2711A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Canada Health Act
25 Nov 2016
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Sociocultural models of development: bronfenbrenner"s ecological perspective; development is affected by processes at multiple levels. Lots of inter relationships bw, not just one thing in uences individual, individual can in uence cultural. Aging is a developmental process, diff layers of development. According to the life course perspective, norms, roles, and attitudes about age help to shape the person"s life (at any time: social clock sets age norms and expectations (doing certain things at certain times) Aging: what happens over time: historical life events, personal decisions, individual opportunities. Can limit choices we have, what happens early in life will affect your future. Life course perspective: emphasizes the ways in which peoples locations in the social system, historical period, and personal biographies shape their experience of old age: key concepts: Transitions: changes in various roles ex. student, employee, retiree, caregiver: age-grade: certain things we do at a certain age, older adulthood: becoming more of an ambiguous transition, so long now.
