SOC360

Online Reading

Before you explore the reading for this week, Personal Meanings and Dimensions of a Lifestory, respond to these questions with, clear, concise statements. Be brief, but respond with clear details. Post all statements together as one journal entry. Save in a word processing file on your personal floppy disk. This course will provide an in-depth study of aging. Think about what you already know about aging, what you and your family may believe, and/or anything that you may have already believe about the topic.

Think about what you don't know about aging. What would you like to know about this topic?

We all have our own preconceived ideas about aging (what do I feel, believe, etc). Think about what your biases may be about the topic of aging. How and where do you form these opinions?

Personal Meanings and Dimensions of a Lifestory

After you complete the reading above, respond to these questions with clear, concise statements:

After reading the above article, what ideas do you have about aging? What did you learn about aging and the sociocultural influences that you did not know before?

The article raises a lot of questions concerning information and knowledge about aging, society and myths we may hold about the topic. What do you want to learn more about that the article did not cover?

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