Essay - Question List the 'Seasons of Life' that are Characteristic of...

Question

***** the "seasons of life" that are characteristic of Western societies. Name the rites of passage that mark the transitions from one period ***** ***** to the next.

***** of life: Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood, Old Age, and Dying.

Rites of Passage: Puberty ***** struggling to gain independence and learn their own identies in the transition from Child ***** Adult(some religions have Bar and Bat Mitzvahs or Communion); marriage, ma*****taining a family,and participating in all aspects of society in Maturity; Status as matriarch or patriarch and declining health mark the p*****sage of Elder to Death.

***** 2 (1 point)

***** half of all women over 65 are widows, whereas only *****3.6 percent of men over age 65 are widowed. What fact*****s account for ********** statistics?

*****: As socialization takes over ***** become more aggressive, and more individualistic which results in higher rates of accidents, violence, suicide, and hazardous behaviors like smoking and drinking in excess lead*****g ***** earlier death among the male population.

***** 3 (1 point)

********** the patterns of age stratification found in urban industrial societies and traditional agrarian or pastoral *****.

Answer: In industrial societies the prime source of wealth is businesses and other goods ***** are often owned by younger people so after middle ***** the earnings decrease causing a less productive role and often less respect while in agrarian ***** horticultural *****cities depend on the land which is often owned by ***** elder people giving them more power than thos who ***** still accumlationg land and livestock.

Question 4 (***** point)

What changes occurred in the condition of the *****ly ***** the United States during the twentieth century?

Answer: The political and economic leaders became *****-aged people who could combine exeperience and up to date skills ***** the rapidly changing economy, especially high tech fields, gave jobs to younger individuals rather ***** older under the impression that the elderly lacked the knowledge and training needed for the fast pace world forcing ***** ***** into less active roles in *****.

Question 5 (1 *****)

Describe some examples of ageism that you ***** observed in your everyday life.

Answer: If a person is driving slow ***** co*****le cars ahead *****one will make a comment about 'old *****' driving. People speaking to elderly people in a condescending tone, as they were children. In telev*****ion the majority of elder character on television are not main characters ***** are in fact portraying a grandmother or grandparent of some sort.

Question 1 (1 point)

***** the members of your nuclear family, ***** extended family, your family of orientation, and your family ***** procreation, if any. Are there ***** cases of exogamous marriage within your kinship network? How would divorce and remarriage alter this scheme?

*****: Lack the information to answer ***** question.

***** 2 (***** point)

***** family as an institution is "here ***** stay," but its form is undergoing major *****. Describe two trends in family composition ***** are challenging the traditional idea of the nuclear family ***** cons*****ting of