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Hooyman: Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 7e

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	Social theories of aging can basically be described as explanations of change in social relationships that occur in late adulthood.

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	Since the 1980s, social gerontological thought has become increasingly more qualitative.

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	According to role theory, roles tend to become more ambiguous with age.

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	According to the activity theory of adjustment to age-related changes, the more active an older person, the greater his or her satisfaction with life.

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	The early social gerontology theories differ from the most recent theories in that the early theories stress the subjective nature of the aging experience.

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	Age stratification theory and the subculture of aging suggest that older people prefer socializing within their own cohorts.

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	The life course perspective views human development as an interactive, nonlinear process where the role gains and losses, continuity, and discontinuity appear simultaneously.

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	The strength of disengagement theory is that it assumes that withdrawal from social roles is functional and experienced as desirable by most older people.

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	The scientific approach to theory development is an attempt to explain why an age change or event occurs.

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	Feminist theorists define the issue of caregiving in old age as an example of women's equal access to power throughout their lives.

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Social theories of aging can basically be described as explanations of change in social relationships that occur in late adulthood.

Since the 1980s, social gerontological thought has become increasingly more qualitative.

According to role theory, roles tend to become more ambiguous with age.

According to the activity theory of adjustment to age-related changes, the more active an older person, the greater his or her satisfaction with life.

The early social gerontology theories differ from the most recent theories in that the early theories stress the subjective nature of the aging experience.

Age stratification theory and the subculture of aging suggest that older people prefer socializing within their own cohorts.

The life course perspective views human development as an interactive, nonlinear process where the role gains and losses, continuity, and discontinuity appear simultaneously.

The strength of disengagement theory is that it assumes that withdrawal from social roles is functional and experienced as desirable by most older people.

The scientific approach to theory development is an attempt to explain why an age change or event occurs.

Feminist theorists define the issue of caregiving in old age as an example of women's equal access to power throughout their lives.