Sociological Perspective Approach The Subject Of Aging

o How does each of the sociological perspectives approach the subject of aging? Explain.
There are three differing theories of aging. They are the disengagement theory, the activity theory and the continuity theory. The disengagement theory states that as people grow older, they realize death is near so they disengage from their social roles in society. Society, in return, sees the what is fixing to happen and gets ready to function without them. Men and women do this differently. Men tend to have a larger impact through their careers and women have it with societies. These societies tend to be socio-emotional in nature. When they retire, they tend to lose skills and knowledge. The same skills and knowledge they had gained while working. They
This respect is on a personal level with friends and family. They tend to lose hope. The activity theory states that staying active physically and mentally will make them happy. Robert J. Havighurst states that instead of an older person not going anywhere or doing anything should actually remain active and social. This will give them a feeling of self-worth. It also gives them pleasure and that is important for living longer. The final one is the continuity theory. This one states that aging adults usually tend to keep doing the stuff they have always done and acted the way they did when they were younger will be able to continue to have structures in place. These structures being internal and external. Internal refers to personality traits, ideas and beliefs. External refers to things such as relationships and social roles. This theory is often criticized due to the lack of considering chronic diseases like Alzheimer’s or Cancer. These can