The purpose of this assignment is to cultivate your ability to critically reflect upon and discuss course topics using key concepts and relevant literature in the field of aging. Reflect upon the following:
- Which lifestyle do you think is healthiest for aging people—activity, continuity, or disengagement theories?
- What are the pros and cons of each theory?
- Find examples of real people who illustrate the theories, either from your own experience or your friends’ relationships with older people. Do your examples show positive or negative aspects of the theory they illustrate?
- Explain. Include how social constructivism, social construction, and intersectionality (e.g., sexism, race/ethnicity/culture) may play a part in your reasoning with concrete examples.