Dimensions of Human Behavior: The Changing Life Course
Sixth Edition
Learning Objectives
- Compare one’s own emotional and cognitive reactions to three case studies.
- Summarize major themes of the demographic characteristics of people in late adulthood.
- Give examples of diversity in the late-adult population.
- Describe how age is culturally constructed.
- Critique psychosocial theoretical perspectives on social gerontology: disengagement theory, activity theory, continuity theory, social construction theory, feminist theories, social exchange theory, life course perspective, age stratification, productive aging, and environmental gerontology.
- Summarize the major biological, psychological, personality, and intellectual changes in late adulthood.
- Give examples of social role changes and family relationships in late adulthood.
- Describe the search for personal meaning in late adulthood.
- Compare formal and informal resources for meeting the needs of elderly persons.
- Give examples of risk factors and protective factors of late adulthood.
- Apply knowledge of late adulthood to recommend guidelines for social work engagement,assessment, intervention, and evaluation.