Introduction to Sociology Section Quiz CH. 13

death and dying

Thanatology is the study of _____.

Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt

America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except:

disengagement

An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _______ theory.

caregivers

If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ______.

Overcoming despair to achieve integrity

In Erik Erikson's developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?

increasing

Today in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is ______.

commit suicide

Veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military.

37

What is the approximate median age of the United States?

activity

An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YWCA 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.

the increasing percentage of the population over 65

The "graying of the United States" refers to ________.

Age stratification

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?

Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65

Which action reflects ageism?

Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.

Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective

Being frail to the point of dependency on care

Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Who wrote the bookOn Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief?

Industrialization

What is the primary driver of modernization theory?

the typical sequence of events in their lives

For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is ________.

live a few years longer

In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.

continued to gradually rise

In the United States, life expectancy rates in recent decades have ______.

sex ratio

The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is ______.