Older adults are still interested in sex as long as they are in good health
Stressors
Day to day
Socioeconomic Status's
Vulnerabilities
Early Choices (development)
Cognitive Abilities (perspective on life)
Theory
A model for understanding real-life
Causality
Is important because we want to know how things happen, even if trying to find a solution
Micro
Everyday interactions
Macro
Large-scale systems
Interpretivist theory
Phenomena in the world and create meanings about phenomena (come out of our interactions)
Functionalist theory
How our roles help us and society function
Functionalist theory
Micro = ideas from interactions
Macro = social structures
The life course is important
Conflict theory
How social forces shape us (health care)
Conflicts in conflict theory
The conflict between generations
The conflict between socioeconomic classes
Conflict theory isn't used for gerontological research
Age
Body and brain change at 20,30,50
Cohort
People born in different areas with similar experiences
Period
Multiple ages and cohorts at once
Longitudinal Design
Study a group of people over a long period
Cross-sectional design
Study many groups at once
Time-lag
Combo of longitudinal and cross-sectional
Social Gerontology
A subfield within the wider field of gerontology: it focuses on the social side of aging, while other subfields study the physical and biological aspects of aging