Post 1 Chapter 24/25

Today I wanted to speak about chapter 25 because I learned a lot in this chapter and also found it the most interesting. I found this the most interesting because I do not really reflect on adulthood or the facts and psychological aspects of it it. I found one part especially very interesting and it is called Satisfaction with age which can be found on page 697 at the bottom of the textbook. I learned in this section about social deficit which is the lack of needed social experiences (Berger, 2011). With that said comes along the controversial version of age stratification which is the disengagement theory. In this theory "as people age, traditional roles become unavailable or unimportant, the social circle shrinks, coworkers stop asking for help, and adult children turn away to focus on their own children" (Berger, 2011). I found this interesting because I never knew this happened when you get older. However I did realize by observing others that I never see old adults with a huge social crowd or a big friend group and now I realize as they grow older their traditional roles change. Also, to go along with this topic "children want to be with other other children, adults want to be with other adults and other adults want to be with one another or by themselves" (Berger, 2011). I found this  interesting and humorous because I always wondered why I saw old people sitting alone or sometimes didn't want to be bothered and now I know that they want to be with their own group of people. That explains a lot for me because I am always curious as to why some older adults act a certain way or want to be alone. On the other hand, there is a different theory at place here and that is called the active theory. What the active theory explains is that older adults like to be more social and stick close to their family and friends (Berger, 2011). Here I also see in some cases especially close families like mine because we are always together and they are always social. However I do know families who's older adults do not want to come to family functions or be social. So for me it goes both ways, I just thought this section was very interesting because I learned a good portion about adults than I did not know before.