Question 1

Women are more likely than men to visit and care for their elderly parents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The poverty rate among people over the age of sixty-five is

Accepted Answer

A) above the national average. 
B) the same as the national average. 
C) below the national average. 
D) almost zero,because people receive Social Security. 
A) above the national average. 
B) the same as the national average. 
C) below the national average. 
D) almost zero,because people receive Social Security. C

Question 3

Industrialization leads more elderly people to move out of the labor force,giving rise to what we call "retirement."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Rising birth rates are a major cause of the increasing share of the U.S.population that is elderly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Activity theory draws on

Accepted Answer

A) the social-conflict approach. 
B) the structural-functional approach. 
C) the symbolic-interaction approach. 
D) the sociobiological approach. 
A) the social-conflict approach. 
B) the structural-functional approach. 
C) the symbolic-interaction approach. 
D) the sociobiological approach.

Question 6

For most U.S.seniors,who is the greatest source of social support?

Accepted Answer

A) staff at nursing homes 
B) other,unrelated seniors 
C) family members 
D) neighbors 
A) staff at nursing homes 
B) other,unrelated seniors 
C) family members 
D) neighbors

Question 7

The type of society that typically operates as a gerontocracy is

Accepted Answer

A) hunting and gathering. 
B) industrial. 
C) pastoral,horticultural,or agrarian. 
D) postindustrial. 
A) hunting and gathering. 
B) industrial. 
C) pastoral,horticultural,or agrarian. 
D) postindustrial.

Question 8

In general,higher-income nations have the largest share of elderly people in their populations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The elderly population in nearly all high-income nations has been increasing rapidly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Gerontology is the study of aging and the elderly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In centuries past,with respect to dying,

Accepted Answer

A) people avoided discussing death. 
B) people refused to accept the reality of their own death. 
C) people were more familiar with death than they are today. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) people avoided discussing death. 
B) people refused to accept the reality of their own death. 
C) people were more familiar with death than they are today. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 12

The "young old" refers to people under the age of fifty-five.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which concept refers to assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease?

Accepted Answer

A) geronticide 
B) euthanasia 
C) gerontocracy 
D) bereavement 
A) geronticide 
B) euthanasia 
C) gerontocracy 
D) bereavement

Question 14

In the United States,most elderly men,but not most elderly women,live alone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In general,industrialization has what effect on the social standing of the elderly in relation to younger people?

Accepted Answer

A) It reduces the social standing of seniors. 
B) There is little or no effect. 
C) It raises the social standing of seniors. 
D) It raises the social standing of older men but reduces it for women. 
A) It reduces the social standing of seniors. 
B) There is little or no effect. 
C) It raises the social standing of seniors. 
D) It raises the social standing of older men but reduces it for women.

Question 16

Read the four terms below.Which of them is NOT one of the stages in the dying process described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?

Accepted Answer

A) denial 
B) intervention 
C) negotiation 
D) acceptance 
A) denial 
B) intervention 
C) negotiation 
D) acceptance

Question 17

Research suggests that,by and large,people reaching old age

Accepted Answer

A) become more positive about life. 
B) become more negative about life. 
C) think and feel much the same about life as they did when they were younger. 
D) have high levels of depression. 
A) become more positive about life. 
B) become more negative about life. 
C) think and feel much the same about life as they did when they were younger. 
D) have high levels of depression.

Question 18

The "old-age dependency ratio" refers to the ratio of non-working elderly people to working-age adults.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Ageism is the belief that the oldest people are the wisest and should have the most power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Biological changes that accompany growing old include

Accepted Answer

A) less keen senses. 
B) loss of height and weight. 
C) wrinkles in the skin and graying of the hair. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) less keen senses. 
B) loss of height and weight. 
C) wrinkles in the skin and graying of the hair. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Exam 15: Aging and the Elderly

Women are more likely than men to visit and care for their elderly parents.

The poverty rate among people over the age of sixty-five is

Industrialization leads more elderly people to move out of the labor force,giving rise to what we call "retirement."

Rising birth rates are a major cause of the increasing share of the U.S.population that is elderly.

Activity theory draws on

For most U.S.seniors,who is the greatest source of social support?

The type of society that typically operates as a gerontocracy is

In general,higher-income nations have the largest share of elderly people in their populations.

The elderly population in nearly all high-income nations has been increasing rapidly.

Gerontology is the study of aging and the elderly.

In centuries past,with respect to dying,

The "young old" refers to people under the age of fifty-five.

Which concept refers to assisting in the death of a person suffering from an incurable disease?

In the United States,most elderly men,but not most elderly women,live alone.

In general,industrialization has what effect on the social standing of the elderly in relation to younger people?

Read the four terms below.Which of them is NOT one of the stages in the dying process described by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross?

Research suggests that,by and large,people reaching old age

The "old-age dependency ratio" refers to the ratio of non-working elderly people to working-age adults.

Ageism is the belief that the oldest people are the wisest and should have the most power.

Biological changes that accompany growing old include

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