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SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Theoretical Frameworks (Ash Course) For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com DQ1: After reading Chapter 3 in your textbook, address the following: a. Discuss the differences between activity theory and disengagement theory. b. Compare and contrast one of the other theories mentioned in the chapter (i.e., modernization, exchange theory, subcultural theory of aging, etc.) to activity theory and disengagement theory. c. Discuss how the theory that you selected differs from the activity and disengagement theories of aging. d. Contact a person who would fall into one of the categories of old age (i.e., young old, – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: SOC 304 (ash) Instant Education/uophelp


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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • For more course visit
  • www.uophelp.com

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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 2 The Cohort Effect of Historic
    Events (Ash Course)
  • SOC 304 Week 1 DQ 1 Theoretical Frameworks (Ash
    Course)
  • DQ1 After reading Chapter 3 in your textbook,
    address the following
  • Discuss the differences between activity theory
    and disengagement theory.
  • Compare and contrast one of the other theories
    mentioned in the chapter (i.e., modernization,
    exchange theory, subcultural theory of aging,
    etc.) to activity theory and disengagement
  • DQ2 For this discussion, you will need to read
    Chapters 1 and 2 in your textbook. In addition,
    you will need to review pages 10 through 13 of
    Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences and
    pages 62 and 63 of Aging, Society, and the Life
    Course.As your textbook notes,

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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 1 Aging Simulation Exercise
    (Ash Course)
  • SOC 304 Week 2 Assignment The Aging Connection
    (Ash Course)
  • Week 2 assignment
  • The Aging ConnectionThe number of older
    Americans has increased dramatically because
    older adults are living longer partly due to the
    improvements in health care technology. However,
    the question of quality of life has been raised
    as people live longer and experience more health
  •  Week 2
  • DQ1 After reading about the physical impairments
    related to age in Chapter 4 of the textbook and
    watching Aging, visit Sociology of Aging Age
    Related Impairments A Simulation Exercise and
    select at least two of the impairments that are
    listed

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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • SOC 304 Week 3 DQ 1 Sexual Orientation in Later
    Life (Ash Course)
  • SOC 304 Week 2 DQ 2 Self-Concept in Old Age (Ash
    Course)
  • DQ2 In Chapter 5 of your textbook, you learned
    about the self-concept, which is how an
    individual thinks of herself or himself. Although
    the self-concept is something that is established
    early in life, it changes as one grows older
    through life experiences. After reading the
    chapter, address the following
  • Discuss the experiences that an
  • Week 3
  • DQ1 Chapter 7 in your textbook discusses the
    unique issues that are experienced by older gay
    men and lesbians in society. Review that chapter
    and watch Isnt Aging the Same for Everybody?
    to prepare for this discussion. In addition,
    review the

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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • SOC 304 Week 4 DQ 1 Age Discrimination (Ash
    Course)
  • SOC 304 Week 3 DQ 2 Social Responsibility to the
    Elderly (Ash Course)
  • DQ2 You will be reading Chapter 7 of the
    textbook and an article titled Demography of
    Aging in China and the United States and the
    Economic Well-Being of Their Older Populations
    (found in the ProQuest database, in the Ashford
    University Library) to prepare for this
    discussion. In addition, you will watch Family
    Care for Aging Parents.In Demography of Aging
    in China and the United States and
  • Week 4
  • DQ1 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    (ADEA) prohibits discrimination against
    individuals who are aged 40 and older. This law
    acknowledges that age discrimination is a
    violation of an individuals civil rights. Aging
    is inevitable and

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SOC 304 (ash) Course
  • SOC 304 Week 5 DQ 2 Medicare (Ash Course)
  • SOC 304 Week 4 DQ 2 Family and Medical Leave Act
    (Ash Course)
  • DQ2 A growing number of American employees are
    having to care for their elderly parents.
    Caregiving may include taking extended periods of
    time off from work. The Family and Medical Leave
    Act (FMLA) of 1993 addresses this need by
    providing some employees with up to twelve weeks
    of unpaid leave per year without fear of losing
    their jobs.
  • DQ2 As Chapter 11 in your textbook notes, the
    costs for health care have risen dramatically and
    are expected to continue to rise. While Medicare
    is a public insurance program that provides
    coverage to almost everyone who is 65 and older,
    it only covers a portion of health care

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