Throughout my studies as a graduate student, I have learned a numerous theory that helps to explain dementia, aging, and gerontology. Three significant theories that stand out the most are continuity theory, activity theory, and the life course theory. Continuity theory illustrates that elders maintain the same activities, behaviors, and relationships as they did in their prior stages of life. Like the activity theory of aging, continuity theory can also apply to everyone just at different points in their lifetime. It's emphasis on a personality that influences the roles we choose and how we enact them. Continuity theory illustrates that elders maintain the same activities, behaviors, and relationships as they did in their prior stages of life.
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An activity that was once fulfilling may not be achievable due to one’s health or age One of my favorite theory is Life course theory, and it’s fascinating to me because it’s about life course perspective, the multidisciplinary paradigm for the study of lives, history, demography, biology, and economics. We can see the sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time (Giele and Elder 1998, p. 22). “Detailed research of several kinds of literature across disciplines revealed five different uses of the term “life course”: (a) life course as time or age, (b) life course as life stages, (c) life course as events, transitions, and trajectories, (d) life course as life-span human development, and (e) life course as early life influences on later adult outcomes” (Alwin, …show more content…
For instance, for elderly who lived through the Great Depression, they hold on to every single item that they own. At that time, people learned to “hoard” possessions. They believe everything can be re-usable when they need the part from an old piece of machinery, clothing or furniture. If elderly who grew up during a time of war, they profoundly speak of national pride carry on even years after the war is over. Geographical location focuses on the individual physical location in which they lived and how it influences those same behaviors and habits. Such as African American who grew up in the south, feels segregated. Socio-historical and geographical location related to each other since the event happens in a different area in that time frame. The person who born outside of United States has a different experience than who born in United State. My parents who were born outside of State has a different perspective than people who’re similar age like my parents.
The timing of lives has subcategory such as individual, generation, and historical. Individual time focuses on the actual age of the individual. It is assumed that periods of life, such as childhood, adolescence, and old age, influence positions, roles, and rights in society, and that these may be based on culturally shared age definitions (Hagestad and Neugarten 1985).
An activity that was once fulfilling may not be achievable due to one’s health or age One of my favorite theory is Life course theory, and it’s fascinating to me because it’s about life course perspective, the multidisciplinary paradigm for the study of lives, history, demography, biology, and economics. We can see the sequence of socially defined events and roles that the individual enacts over time (Giele and Elder 1998, p. 22). “Detailed research of several kinds of literature across disciplines revealed five different uses of the term “life course”: (a) life course as time or age, (b) life course as life stages, (c) life course as events, transitions, and trajectories, (d) life course as life-span human development, and (e) life course as early life influences on later adult outcomes” (Alwin, …show more content…
For instance, for elderly who lived through the Great Depression, they hold on to every single item that they own. At that time, people learned to “hoard” possessions. They believe everything can be re-usable when they need the part from an old piece of machinery, clothing or furniture. If elderly who grew up during a time of war, they profoundly speak of national pride carry on even years after the war is over. Geographical location focuses on the individual physical location in which they lived and how it influences those same behaviors and habits. Such as African American who grew up in the south, feels segregated. Socio-historical and geographical location related to each other since the event happens in a different area in that time frame. The person who born outside of United States has a different experience than who born in United State. My parents who were born outside of State has a different perspective than people who’re similar age like my parents.
The timing of lives has subcategory such as individual, generation, and historical. Individual time focuses on the actual age of the individual. It is assumed that periods of life, such as childhood, adolescence, and old age, influence positions, roles, and rights in society, and that these may be based on culturally shared age definitions (Hagestad and Neugarten 1985).