Disengagement Theory - Answer-- Aging is an inevitable, mutual withdrawal or disengagement, resulting in decreased interaction between the aging person and others in the social system they belong to
Disengagement Theory - Answer-Disengagement is a natural and necessary process to have "turn-over...
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Disengagement Theory - Answer-- Aging is an inevitable, mutual withdrawal or
disengagement, resulting in decreased interaction between the aging person and others
in the social system they belong to
Disengagement Theory - Answer-Disengagement is a natural and necessary process to
have "turn-over" in social roles and generational replacement
Postulate 1: Emergence of death expectancy; declining abilities to do things (work roles)
linked to loss of social ties - Answer-Retirement: Can no longer do work role, so I retire,
since I retired I lose some of the social ties I had when I had a job
Postulate 2: Interaction with others requires norm adherence
Decrease interaction->release of norms
Release of norms->decrease interaction
(self-perpetuating spiral) - Answer-For example: Older adult interacts less with people
(due to loss of social ties in #1), so they don't know how to interact with people anymore
and they become more offensive and say more out of pocket stuff which can decrease
interaction even more
Postulate 3: Gendered disengagement experience, different experiences in
disengagement based on gender - Answer-When a woman becomes a widow its normal
but normally a husband does not outlive his wife. Widows do better than husbands who
lose their wives.
Postulate 4: Declining knowledge and skills, disengagement is strategy for preserving
reputation and esteem, requires younger people to learn the skills and knowledge
necessary to fill positions - Answer-Older working adult passes on a project because
they know with their declining skill to work quickly that someone else would be better of
doing it so they disengage from work more
Postulate 5: Requires simultaneous readiness in order to disengage, quitting while
they're ahead
individual<-> societal
Sometimes individual is ready but society is not ready - Answer-Older adult is ready to
retire and therefore is disengaging. society may be ready or may not be depending on
their need of the individual. individual may not be ready but society is so the individual is
"put out to pasture" like mandatory retirement
Postulate 6: Role loss, adoption of new roles so as to not face an identity crisis and still
feel worthy - Answer-Example: When you retire, you disengage and lose your role, so
you have to adopt a new role such as being a grandparent to have an identity
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