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For my interview of an elderly family member, I chose to interview my grandfather Jerry Layne. Jerry is 80 years old and lives in Loveland Colorado. I interviewed my grandfather on 1-25-14. My grandfather is a quite individual to begin with, but ones you get him in a conversation the amount of information he can provide is amazing. In this interview I wanted to know what some of his top memories were throughout his life, how life has changed in his elderly years, and what has become important to him. Although I had many more questions to ask my grandfather it was important to me to gather as much information as I could about the question I asked him. Once we began the interview the information was very interesting and we were only able to get past half of the questions. To start the interview we began with talking about his younger life. As a child my grandfather was raised in a poor household as many people did because of the great depression. His father was a very stern father to both my grandfather and his brother Jack. The situation that my grandfather was able to describe was one of a classic gender role between his parents and the way he played growing up. According to our text gender roles are formed by different theories. Learning-schema theory is defined as “explanation of gender roles stating that children are taught to view the world and themselves through gender-polarized lenses that make artificial or exaggerated distinctions between what is masculine and what is feminine” (Bjorklund p.137 2011). The second theory is the Social role theory defined as “explanation of gender roles based on children viewing the gender division around them and then modeling their behavior on those divisions” (Bjorklund p.137 2011). From ... ... middle of paper ... .... Along with this class I was able to see that many stereotypes are completely falsified when it comes to oelderly people. It also gave me more of a understanding about gender roles, medical conditions, and living situations they went through and are currently going through. Although I significantly enjoyed our conversation the information that he told me was unsettling to me. It is difficult to travel to Loveland to see my grandparents because of work and school. However hearing that my grandfather wants to spend more time with all of the kids is difficult. It should be a common occurrence for me to go and visit my grandparents before a significant problem does occur and I am unable to have these kinds of talks with them. I must do my part in seeing and communicating with them on a much more frequent base. Doing so will leave less to be regretful for in the future.

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