Disability
The act of revealing or communicating one's disability to others:
Disability disclosure
The term that refers to stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination based on age.
Ageism
Who sees the social world as a dramaturgy, and coined important terms like "stigma" and "impression management"?
Erving Goffman
Structural exclusion
Meeting with peers to review material before a test is a collaborative process called:
Study groups
This term describes the process of framing human difference as a medical issue requiring treatment or cure.
Medicalization
This term refers to a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social aspects of aging:
Social gerontology
The "looking glass-self" was developed by:
Charles Horton Cooley
Interdependence
This popular study technique uses flashcards and forces your brain to recall information instead of just re-reading it:
Active recall
This model argues that disability is created by social barriers rather than bodily impairments.
Social model of disability
Older adults withdraw from social roles as they age, and society mutually withdraws from them. This is called:
Life course theory
Who developed the idea "the generalized other"?
George Herbert Mead
As more public life moves online, the inability of disabled elders to fully engage limits their participation in civic life, reinforcing this sociological concept of unequal power and life chances.
Social stratification
Teaching someone else a concept is a powerful example of this type of learning:
Peer teaching
This sociological theory argues that disability is produced at the intersection of multiple systems of inequality- including race, class, gender, and ableism.
Intersectionality!
Policies like Medicare or Social Security are part of this system that shapes the experience of aging:
Welfare state (social policy)
Who defines "intimate citizenship" as the "right to choose what we do with our bodies, feelings, identities... and representations"?
Ken Plummer
Older adults living in different situations (e.g., living alone, with family, in groups) had a very different pandemic experience. This illustrates what concept of unequal outcomes created by social structures?
Structural inequality
Studying for 25 minutes and taking a 5-minute break is part of this populat-time management method:
Pomodoro technique
This disability framework emphasizes the role of power structures, institutions, and environment in constructing disability.
Social constructionist perspective
This theoretical framework analyzes aging from the perspective of women:
Who introduced the concept of controlling images to highlight how dominant narratives imposed social control on Black women?
Patricia Hill Collins
Older adults who had access to help from neighbours, local groups, or family members helped to strengthen this sociological resource (based on community connections):
Social capital
Priotizing tasks based on deadlines or importance helps students avoid this habit:
Procrastination