An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YWC
A to swim every day. She serves on the Friends of the Library board. She is part of a neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates the ______ theory. activity
continuity
disengagement
gerotranscendence
In sociology, there are different theoretical perspectives that aim at explaining the role of elderly people in society. In the case of activity theory, this theory states as people grew older their roles and activities change and elderly people need to replace old roles and activities with new ones to be actively involved in societies and be happy. Indeed this theory proposes older adults can age successfully if they preserve social interactions. This theory can be seen in the case presented as once the older woman retires she replaces old activities and roles for new ones just as swimming every day and serving on the Friends of the Library board that suggest this woman is aging successfully as she stays active and preserves social interactions although these are different from the ones he had before.
In late 19th century and early 20th century the England dominated the Africa under the New Imperialism. The 1892 cartoon depicts Cecil Rhodes, the Prime Minister of Cape Colony and ardent believer of British Imperialism straddling the continent of Africa with a telegraph line that will stretch from "Cape Town to Cairo." It illustrates his broader "Cape to Cairo" concept for British domination of Africa
