Question 1

What do the profiles of the elderly people in the textbook demonstrate about old age today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Older people are vibrant, healthy, and engaged. 
B)  Older people are lonely, depressed, and shut-in. 
C)  Older people are bored, bitter, and alienated. 
D)  Older people are overworked, exhausted, and resigned. 
A)  Older people are vibrant, healthy, and engaged. 
B)  Older people are lonely, depressed, and shut-in. 
C)  Older people are bored, bitter, and alienated. 
D)  Older people are overworked, exhausted, and resigned.

Question 2

How does mainstream Canadian culture deal with death and dying,compared to how these matters are dealt with in other countries and cultures?

Accepted Answer

Mainstream Canadian culture generally ap

Question 3

With industrialization,the functions performed by older people become more important as their status improved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The sex ratio (the number of men compared with the number of women)increases with age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When Michelle turned 19,her mother and aunts took her out to acquaint her with the local club scene.What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  a change of life 
B)  a normative event 
C)  a social transition 
D)  a rite of passage 
A)  a change of life 
B)  a normative event 
C)  a social transition 
D)  a rite of passage

Question 6

Barbara lives in Mexico City.The population of Mexico is very youthful and there are many more young people than middle-aged people and only a handful of elderly.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Mexico?

Accepted Answer

A)  pyramid 
B)  muffin 
C)  rectangle 
D)  inverted triangle 
A)  pyramid 
B)  muffin 
C)  rectangle 
D)  inverted triangle

Question 7

What is revealed about the textbook's authors in their assertion that dying and death are the ultimate social problems?

Accepted Answer

A)  their fear of death 
B)  their lack of knowledge about the processes of dying 
C)  their denial of death as liberating 
D)  their cultural biases 
A)  their fear of death 
B)  their lack of knowledge about the processes of dying 
C)  their denial of death as liberating 
D)  their cultural biases

Question 8

Passive euthanasia is when a doctor administers medication or treatment that is intended to end a terminally ill patient's life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to the textbook,which of the following is a common reason that a woman would hate herself for being slightly overweight?

Accepted Answer

A)  because she believes that how she looks is a reflection of who she is as a person 
B)  because she believes that others will fail to see her worth based on her appearance 
C)  because she is stereotyped as lazy, despite being very strong and athletic 
D)  because she is unable to get satisfying work in a field that interests her 
A)  because she believes that how she looks is a reflection of who she is as a person 
B)  because she believes that others will fail to see her worth based on her appearance 
C)  because she is stereotyped as lazy, despite being very strong and athletic 
D)  because she is unable to get satisfying work in a field that interests her

Question 10

Based on Tom Perks's research,who will have the greatest income?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lewis, who is a 5'11" immigrant lawyer 
B)  Taylor, who is a 6'5" black lawyer 
C)  Athena, who is a 5'9" white lawyer 
D)  Sage, who is a 6'0" black lawyer 
A)  Lewis, who is a 5'11" immigrant lawyer 
B)  Taylor, who is a 6'5" black lawyer 
C)  Athena, who is a 5'9" white lawyer 
D)  Sage, who is a 6'0" black lawyer

Question 11

The likelihood of being overweight increases when which of the following increases?

Accepted Answer

A)  income 
B)  age 
C)  social class 
D)  education level 
A)  income 
B)  age 
C)  social class 
D)  education level

Question 12

Refusing treatment for something such as deafness or "hard of hearing" is based upon which of the following ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  disability as deviance 
B)  disability as a rite of passage 
C)  disability as difference 
D)  disability as rehabilitation 
A)  disability as deviance 
B)  disability as a rite of passage 
C)  disability as difference 
D)  disability as rehabilitation

Question 13

What do we call the average age a group of individuals of the same age can anticipate to live until?

Accepted Answer

A)  the life course 
B)  life expectancy 
C)  the death course 
D)  death expectancy 
A)  the life course 
B)  life expectancy 
C)  the death course 
D)  death expectancy

Question 14

When Libby's parents tell her to "act her age," what do they want her to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  They want her to follow the appropriate generation marker. 
B)  They want her to follow appropriate generation principles 
C)  They want her to follow the appropriate age role. 
D)  They want her to follow the appropriate age cohort. 
A)  They want her to follow the appropriate generation marker. 
B)  They want her to follow appropriate generation principles 
C)  They want her to follow the appropriate age role. 
D)  They want her to follow the appropriate age cohort.

Question 15

Which sociological perspective on age stratification focuses on the cultural meanings and interpretations that people attribute to age,aging,and age stratification?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  symbolic interactionism 
D)  feminism 
A)  functionalism 
B)  conflict theory 
C)  symbolic interactionism 
D)  feminism

Question 16

Doctor Sinclair is asked by one of her terminally ill patients to stop treatment when he progresses to a certain point of his illness.What is Dr.Sinclair being asked to do?

Accepted Answer

A)  commit murder 
B)  commit suicide 
C)  commit active euthanasia 
D)  commit passive euthanasia 
A)  commit murder 
B)  commit suicide 
C)  commit active euthanasia 
D)  commit passive euthanasia

Question 17

The integration of children with special needs into regular child-care settings was one result of which of the following movements?

Accepted Answer

A)  segregation 
B)  rehabilitation 
C)  normalization 
D)  intervention 
A)  segregation 
B)  rehabilitation 
C)  normalization 
D)  intervention

Question 18

What is the life course?

Accepted Answer

The life course is a concept used in soc

Question 19

Colin lives in Canada.The population of Canada is aging,with a small number of elderly,a large number of middle-aged baby boomers,and a relatively small number of children.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A)  pyramid 
B)  muffin 
C)  rectangle 
D)  inverted triangle 
A)  pyramid 
B)  muffin 
C)  rectangle 
D)  inverted triangle

Question 20

What do we call a graph that shows the percentage of the population,by sex,who are in various ages?

Accepted Answer

A)  a population pyramid 
B)  an age-sex stratification system 
C)  a life expectancy index 
D)  an age-sex histogram 
A)  a population pyramid 
B)  an age-sex stratification system 
C)  a life expectancy index 
D)  an age-sex histogram

Exam 12: Sociology Of The Body: Disabilities, aging and Death

What do the profiles of the elderly people in the textbook demonstrate about old age today?

How does mainstream Canadian culture deal with death and dying,compared to how these matters are dealt with in other countries and cultures?

With industrialization,the functions performed by older people become more important as their status improved.

The sex ratio (the number of men compared with the number of women)increases with age.

When Michelle turned 19,her mother and aunts took her out to acquaint her with the local club scene.What is this an example of?

Barbara lives in Mexico City.The population of Mexico is very youthful and there are many more young people than middle-aged people and only a handful of elderly.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Mexico?

What is revealed about the textbook's authors in their assertion that dying and death are the ultimate social problems?

Passive euthanasia is when a doctor administers medication or treatment that is intended to end a terminally ill patient's life.

According to the textbook,which of the following is a common reason that a woman would hate herself for being slightly overweight?

Based on Tom Perks's research,who will have the greatest income?

The likelihood of being overweight increases when which of the following increases?

Refusing treatment for something such as deafness or "hard of hearing" is based upon which of the following ideas?

What do we call the average age a group of individuals of the same age can anticipate to live until?

When Libby's parents tell her to "act her age," what do they want her to do?

Which sociological perspective on age stratification focuses on the cultural meanings and interpretations that people attribute to age,aging,and age stratification?

Doctor Sinclair is asked by one of her terminally ill patients to stop treatment when he progresses to a certain point of his illness.What is Dr.Sinclair being asked to do?

The integration of children with special needs into regular child-care settings was one result of which of the following movements?

What is the life course?

Colin lives in Canada.The population of Canada is aging,with a small number of elderly,a large number of middle-aged baby boomers,and a relatively small number of children.What is the shape of the age-sex population graph in Canada?

What do we call a graph that shows the percentage of the population,by sex,who are in various ages?

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