Assignment task: Please answer each question about the reading. You should be sure your answers are complete and well organized (this should take a paragraph or two, at a minimum for each question). You are not writing a "paper" on each question, but I should get a feel for your understanding of the topic.
1. List the three areas that make up the field of Gerontology. Describe the kinds of questions each area asks and the topics each area studies.
2. Explain the difference between Micro level and Macro level theories. What are the benefits and limits of each theory? Give example for each theory.
3. Please explain and summarize each of the following perspectives, including strengths and weaknesses and list the main theorists involved.
- Con?ict Perspective
- Functionalist Perspective
- Interactionist Perspective
Then, do your best to tell how each theory would view AGE and "growing Older".