Four Theories Of Aging Research

In this Written assignment I will be Talking about the four social theories of aging, and then I will compare them, and then speak a little about the “Strengths” and “Weaknesses” of each theory. Finally, I will speak about how they fit in with the Ecological framework.
We will quickly talk about the basis of each theory and what they are about. First one will be the Continuity Theory, its main basis is that a human’s personality the way they act, is decided early in the life of us human beings and that it barely changes at all through our lives. It basically tries to tell us that no matter what happens in our life our personality and social experiences will stay the same and that this will help us in the in the future when trying to feel …show more content…
We will now talk about what they have in common, it is obvious that all these theories are based on the old concept of aging and how to deal with it and how we evolve as we age. Another thing that all these theories have in common is that all of them talk about the changing that occurs during the process of aging, and how we look and try new things, while our wants, needs, and our dreams change and to fulfill those want, need, and dreams we change things up and do new things to satisfy those ever-changing things. In conclusion, all these theories revolve around the idea of the older person and how things change, and how we can deal with them in many ways. Now we will talk about the differences between these theories. One of the many differences is that they try to tackle this topic in many different approaches, and they touch on different topics of aging, and how to deal with such thing. When comparing the continuity theory with the activity theory one is more based on a person’s personality, and how it remains a constant and barely changes as one evolves and grows older, while the activity theory is more about the persons social activity, and how they can one day enjoy their life doing more physical activities whether it be inside or outside. When comparing them one can see that both are on different sides of a coin, one is more social and physical and the other is more about oneself and it doesn’t change, while with the activity theory one can change a lot during their aging life. when comparing the developmental theory to the activity theory we see some difference developmental theory talks about us as people being satisfied with our lives, and adapt to change, and do a new task. it doesn't specify what type of tasks. When comparing this to any of the other theories one can see the difference of this one is more about