SYP-3730 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Civic Engagement, Ageism
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Ageism: a systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old, just as racism and sexism accomplish this with skin color and gender . Civic engagement: the involvement by people of all ages in actions and efforts designed to make differences in our communities; it is both an activity and a value. Cohorts: groups of people born at different times. Diversity: patterns of differences across groups of people in different social locations. Generation: a category of people born within a specific historical era or time period (mannheim) Interdisciplinary: involves more than working together with respect for, and being somewhat conversant in, others" disciplines. Life course: formed by a succession of age-sex categories, males who survive infancy go on to experience boyhood, ascend to male adulthood, and then elevated to position of an old man, etc. Life stage: broad social categories that describe particular times of life involving new social roles, physical changes, or transitions out of some roles.
