CFS TERMS CONCEPTS UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CFS TERMS/CONCEPTS UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
social clocks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅the idea that certain life events/life markers have to happen
at a certain age



social roles - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅some we're born with and some we gain throughout the
lifespan; our roles increase as we move into adulthood



social role conflict - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅competing roles



social role overload - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅too many roles



life course perspective - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-integrates work and family life over time

-focus is on trajectory - path of our life experience

-how we transition to our roles/changes in our lives

-gives us a multi-dimensional view of our lives

-focuses on context



mid-life crisis vs. mid-life transition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅crisis- negative view

transition- positive view



basics of aging - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-integrating theme of later adulthood life: a search for
personal meaning

-more active = more happy

-activities may change, but level and interests don't have to

-some things in our control and some are not



retirement - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-seen as an entitlement(it's not)

-fear of losing the structured social environment and feeling connected that work gives us