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This document discusses adulthood, old age, and the role of culture across the lifespan. It notes that adulthood is generally considered to begin between ages 18-21, with middle age starting around 40 and old age around 60. However, the roles and expectations of different life stages can vary significantly between cultures. More traditional cultures may see adulthood beginning earlier, while modern Western cultures have delayed norms like marriage and parenting. Parenting styles also differ between individualistic and collective cultures. The meaning of old age shifts depending on a culture's typical life expectancy and value placed on independence versus family.

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Adulthood and Old Age

This document discusses adulthood, old age, and the role of culture across the lifespan. It notes that adulthood is generally considered to begin between ages 18-21, with middle age starting around 40 and old age around 60. However, the roles and expectations of different life stages can vary significantly between cultures. More traditional cultures may see adulthood beginning earlier, while modern Western cultures have delayed norms like marriage and parenting. Parenting styles also differ between individualistic and collective cultures. The meaning of old age shifts depending on a culture's typical life expectancy and value placed on independence versus family.

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ADULTHOOD AND OLD AGE

INTRODUCTION TO ADULTHOOD AND OLD


AGE:
 Adulthood. Adulthood, the period in the human lifespan
in which full physical and intellectual maturity have been
attained. Adulthood is commonly thought of as beginning
at age 20 or 21 years.
 Middle age, commencing at about 40 years, is followed
by old age at about 60 years. Old age refers to ages
nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings,
and is thus the end of the human life cycle.
ROLE OF CULTURE DURING ADULTHOOD

 Adulthood, the period in the human


lifespan in which full physical and
intellectual maturity have been
attained it starts in age 18-20
Research suggests that it may be a
cultural construction. More
traditional, non-Western cultures
may have a shortened period of
emerging adulthood, or no
emerging adulthood at all, because
these cultures tend to place greater
emphasis on practices that lead to
an earlier transition to adulthood.
ROLE OF CULTURE DURING ADULTHOOD
 Adulthood is usually characterized by
establishing a family, taking responsibilities
as parents, and becoming active members
of society (e. g., in economic production;
in political institutions).
 Changes in human behaviour during his
lifetime are due to the biological process
which are inter-related with sociocultural
factors.
 The nature and nurture both plays a
significant role in lifespan development.
The culture context shows development
depending on cultural values and culturally
shared ideas.
ROLE OF CULTURE DURING ADULTHOOD

 The chronological age often conflicts with the social age. For example: the
beginning of adulthood is no longer characterized by establishing a family, and
leaving one’s parents house since marriage and parenthood is no longer a
normative event in the life of an adult.
 Regarding the role of culture in development, social age play the crucial role.
 Social age is defined by expectations of the socio-cultural group which
role a person should play at a certain chronological age. The social meaning
of age groups can change according to the "social construction" of age
and development. In different cultures, similar life events might thus be
defined as normative or non-normative, depending on the general
expectations of society.
The Role Of Culture For Care Taker And
Parenting:
 Social changes affect the gender
role, and thereby have an impact
on the family system including the
conditions for child care and
parent-child relations.
 The behavior of caretaker varies
according to caretakers subjective
theory which reflects the value of
their respective culture.
The Role Of Culture For Care Taker And
Parenting:
 The parenting goal for western
society is giving the generation
independence and individuality
whereas in countries like china and
japan mothers believe in
harmonious relations and
emphasize cooperation,
compliance, and empathy.
 These parenting style attributes to
the child behavior and the cultural
differences give rise to
individualisim and collectivism.
The Role Of Culture For Care Taker And
Parenting:
 child-rearing practices have a
different meaning depending on
the cultural context. In Japan as a
group-oriented culture,
adolescents believe they are
rejected by their parents when
parents` conformity demands are
missing and independence is
demanded. This is in striking
contrast to adolescents in Germany
as an individual-oriented culture.
They rather feel rejected in the
case of parental conformity
demands
The Role Of Culture For Care Taker And
Parenting:
 A universal relationship: when  A central precondition for a
parents` behavior is consistent harmonious relationship can be
with the general cultural values, seen in attachment (e.g.,secure,
children are more inclined to feel insecure, avoidant) which also
accepted and able to accept such constitutes a basis for interpreting
parental behavior as is the case in the relation between oneself and
a harmonious parent-child the environment ("internal working
relationship. model").
ROLE OF CULTURE DURING OLD AGE

 The concept of old age is related to


different age groups in different
cultures, presumably depending on
the "normal" life expectancy in a
specific culture. As stated earlier, in
many industrialized societies
development over the life span is
now extended into very old age.
 This is brought about by
technological and social changes
which give rise to increasing
longevity as well as related changes
in the roles of women and men,
family systems, and developmental
 conditions such as health and well-
being.
 Therefore, the concept of old age  In contrast, in modern urbanized
comprises different meanings in societies the nuclear family
different cultures. prevails and independence is highly
valued; here the elderly prefer to
 Certain cultures pay a high degree
be independent, relying on their
of respect to the elderly who are
own resources and/or the social
conceived of as possessing "natural"
welfare system. However, even
legitimate authority and wisdom,
among rather individualistic
and who are taken care of by the
societies, differences in the
family.
preferences and ideas about
intergenerational solidarity have
been found .
 Old age refers to ages nearing or
surpassing the life expectancy of
human beings, and is thus the end
of the human life cycle. Terms and
euphemisms include old people,
the elderly, seniors, senior
citizens, older adults, and the
elders.
Cultural factors affecting elderly:

 Gender, level of education, income, key personality traits and ethnicity have
all been shown to shape the experience of ageing among older adults, which
can start with something as basic as longevity. For instance, higher-educated
adults tend to live significantly longer than people with lower levels of
education.
Thank you

BY
MOHIT ANJANA
SHREYA BHADANGE
VANSHIKA KASHYAP
KALISETTI KAVYA KUMARI
RAGAVENDIRAN LAV
VISHWESH BHALCHANDRA MANKARE
PARIHAR MONARK SINGH
RAKSHITH SHIVANNA
RUSHIKESH ANILKUMAR SWAMI
AKASH VELAYUTHAM

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