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What is a social support system?
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network of relatives, friends and organizations that provides both emotional and instrumental/practical support
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What is emotional support?
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making the individual feel loved or comforted
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What is instrumental/practical support?
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help in managing activities of daily living
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What is a person encircled by, in order from closest to most distant?
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family friends organizations |
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What are two factors that determine relationships?
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longevity geography/distance |
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What happens to our support networks as we age?
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tend to gain friends/grow network until old age when they start to die and it shrinks
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Who proposed Socioemotional Selectivity Theory?
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Laura Carstensen (also suggested that people shift focus to past rather than time remaining)
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What does Socioemotional Selectivity Theory suggest?
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as a person grows older, the nature of support system changes: more selective and fewer friends, but places a greater emphasis on emotional support from those friends
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What is informal support? Give an example.
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unpaid, Mom taking care of Gma |
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What is formal support? Give two examples.
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paid, Arny in nursing home and Meals-On-Wheels
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What is typically the first phase in the trajectory of people's support systems?
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as older relative becomes a little frailer, starts getting increasing amounts of informal support from family (more check-in calls, grandson cuts grass)
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What is reciprocity? |
When I was a baby, all support went toward me. In the future, support will shift toward my parents.
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What is the relationship between independence and dependence in Western societies?
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We grow up to be independent. Life starts dependent, independence gained in college. Taught that dependence is bad.
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What is interdependence? |
Everybody contributes something. Stephen Hawkins is dependent in some ways and independent and contributing in others. Even in the crib, we offer something to our parents (bragging rights).
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What is the convoy model of social relations?
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Bring in support to overcome issues, but the convoy constantly changes. Parents die (convoy taken out), new people brought in (baby brother born = reinforcements).
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How does giving or getting assistance change with age?
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Starting at age 18, gave and received are near mirror images of each other. Around thirty they intersect, then gave takes over and around 75 they intersect again. Assistance gave increases until about 54, slowly decreases until 65, and steadily decreases until 75 when the graph ends. Assistance received decreases until 64 and inclines moderately until 75 when the graph ends.
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What are two family structures?
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nuclear family extended family |
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What is a nuclear family?
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Small nucleus of people. Traditionally mom, dad, and two kids. Sometimes grandparents as well.
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What is an extended family?
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parents and two kids grandparents aunts and uncles cousins |
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What is the verticalization of families?
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most families have more generations than we used to have
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What is "the beanpole family?"
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less people in each generation, more generations
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What percentage of families today consist of mother, father, two kids, and grandparents?
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6%
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What was the average age of marriage for men in 1960? 2000?
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22.8 26.9 (four years) |
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What was the average age of marriage for women in 1960? 2000?
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20.3 25.3 (five years) |
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What was the divorce rate (per 1000) in 1960? 2000?
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2.2 4.0 (nearly doubled, less people got married back then though) |
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What percentage of women 65 and older were divorced in 1960? 2000?
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2.5 8.0 (more than tripled) |
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How many unmarried household couples of the opposite sex were there in 1960? 2000?
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0.4 million 4.9 million |
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What was the policy on unmarried household couples of the opposite sex in the 1970s?
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don't ask, don't tell
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What percentage of births were to unmarried mothers in 1960? 2000?
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21.6 33.5 |
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What was the average household size in 1960? 2000? |
3.33 2.58 (more people living alone, a lot of older women) |
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What percentage of families were headed by a single parent in 1960? 2000?
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12.8 31.7 (nearly tripled) |
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What percentage of single parent families are headed by fathers in 1960? 2000?
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10.3 18.3 (nearly doubled) |
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What is kin promotion? Give an example.
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non-biolegal kin are "promoted" to a closer kinship former distant blood relatives becomes an integral part of the family (nieces and nephews) |
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What is nonkin conversion? Give an example.
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friends and others are "converted" to close kin Mary has an elderly neighbor, they become like sisters (biologically unrelated). |
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What is fictive kin? Give examples.
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count as kin to us that are functional Couldn't interview people at one o'clock because Days of Our Lives was on. Also, B. Davis. |
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What is kin loss? Give an example.
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potential for relationship or reinterpretation is "lost" |
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What is kin retention? |
close kin ties are "retained" despite divorce |
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What is kin exchange? Give an example.
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biolegal ties are "exchanged" in the kin hierarchy Sister raises younger brother, becomes like a mother. |
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What happens to marital satisfaction over the life course? |
U-shaped: starts great, kids and career cause problems
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Why is there an increase in late life divorce?
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Kids gone, no reason to stay together anymore. Also the third age.
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What are the dimensions of new partner relationships in old age (Late Life Love)? (9) |
Prior relationships with now decreased partner Increased maintenance of distance Changed forms of intimacy Expediency Living with more differences Long-term care responsibility Overcoming loneliness Issues pertaining to children Dealing with property consolidation |
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What is the anagram for the dimensions of new partner relationships in old age (Late Life Love)? |
PI CELLOID
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What is meant by changed forms of intimacy in Late Life Love?
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not jumping in and out of beds, holding hands and hugging
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What is meant by expediency in Late Life Love? |
short courtships: first marriage had 5-year courtship, now we don't got time for that and it freaks out the kids
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What is meant by living with more differences in Late Life Love?
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Politics and the fact that you're a Patriots fan? We're just not going to talk about it.
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What is meant by increased maintenance of distance in Late Life Love? |
wanted to be together every waking moment when younger, now we're going to keep our own houses
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What is meant by issues pertaining to children in Late Life Love? |
money-grabbing, spending all their inheritance
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What is meant by dealing with property consolidation in Late Life Love? |
both have full lives of stuff
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What is meant by long-term care responsibility in Late Life Love?
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already dealt with it with first partner, do you stay now?
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What is intergenerational solidarity? |
willing to be there for each other always
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What are six aspects of parent-child relationships? |
How frequently do we interact? Amount of positive sentiment How much do we interact? Amount of geographical proximity Degree to which services are exchanged Level of agreement about values and beliefs |
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What is the anagram for the aspects of parent-child relationships? |
HAHA DL
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Why is how much we interact important?
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amount/nature late night convos |
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Why is level of agreement about values and beliefs important? |
Some pull us apart (politics), some bring us together (sports team). Similarities not by chance, raised as a family together. |
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What is amount of geographical proximity?
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how physically close we are to our family
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Why do older people move?
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to be closer to their kids
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What percentage of 20-year-olds had at least one living grandparent in 1900? 2000?
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50% 90% |
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What percentage of 30-year-olds had at least one living grandparent in 1900? 2000? |
21% 75% (more than tripled) |
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What are the three styles of grandparenting?
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remote companionate involved |
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What is remote grandparenting? |
grandparents who live far way and thus have little contact with their grandchildren
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What is companionate grandparenting? (2)
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focus on mutually satisfying leisure time activities and having an easygoing friendly style of interaction all the benefits and none of the costs, love them and spoil them and send them home |
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What is involved grandparenting? (3)
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grandparents take an active role in raising grandchildren often daily contact with grandchildren fulfill both instrumental and emotional support roles |
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What percent of grandparents were raising a grandchild in 1970? 2004?
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3.1 6.1 (almost doubled) |
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How many grandparents have sole responsibility of how many grandchildren in Kentucky? |
31,000 grandparents 62,000 grandchildren |
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Why is grandparents parenting on the rise?
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Often tragic circumstances: Incarceration Abandonment Divorce Drug abuse Parental abuse |
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What is the anagram for why grandparenting is on the rise? |
I A DDP
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What is the outcome for grandparents parenting grandchildren? |
Generally not associated with any decline of grandparent health, many grandparents thrive in the relationship.
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What is an important issue regarding grandparents parenting grandchildren? (2)
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In need of financial support, don't plan for this. Identified as 5th most important priority for the state in serving older needs. |
