Abstract
In the session, I intend to show the audience members how to become aware of several paradigms–hidden fundamental assumptions about how the world is structured and how it operates. I then intend to show how these paradigms underlie and affect, often with unintended consequences, people’s theories about aging and other social statuses, people’s research methods into aging and other social statuses, and even their abilities to solve both personal and world problems.
Presenters
Andrew PlotkinInstructor of Sociology, General Education, Western Technical College, Wisconsin, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
Social and Cultural Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
Aging, Ascribed Statuses, Paradigm, Theory, Methods, Problem-Solving
