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
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
