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Activity Theory (page 381)
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the view that satisfaction during old Age is related to a person's amount and quality of activity. the more activities elderly people engage in, the more they find life satisfying.
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Age Cohorts (page 380)
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People born at roughly the same time who pass through the life course together.
Ex: If you are part of a large generation, when it becomes time for your Age Cohort to retire, many jobs would open up. |
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Conspicuous Consumption (page 401)
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Veblen's term for when the Protestant ethic (hard work, savings, and a concern for salvation) was being replaced by an eagerness to show off wealth by the "elaborate consumption of goods."
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Continuity Theory (page 382)
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How people adjust to old age by continuing ties with their pasts.
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Ethnicity (page 335)
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Having distinctive cultural characteristics. (common ancestry and cultural heritage)
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