chapter 13.1-13.4

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. A. activity B. continuity C. disengagement D. gerotranscendence

A. Activity

In Erik Erikson's developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle? A. Overcoming despair to achieve integrity B. Overcoming role confusion to achieve identity C. Overcoming isolation to achieve intimacy D. Overcoming shame to achieve autonomy

A. Overcoming despair to achieve integrity

In the United States, life expectancy rates in recent decades have ______. A. continued to gradually rise B. gone up and down due to global issues such as military conflicts C. lowered as healthcare improves D. stayed the same since the mid-1960s

A. continued to gradually rise

What is the primary driver of modernization theory? A. Industrialization B. Aging C. Conflict D. Interactions

A. industrialization

The "graying of the United States" refers to ________. A. the increasing percentage of the population over sixty-five years old B. faster aging due to stress C. dissatisfaction with retirement plans D. increased health problems such as Alzheimer's

A. the increasing percentage of the population

If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ______. A. spouses B. caregivers C. lawyers D. strangers

B. Caregivers

Veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military. A. be a victim of elder abuse B. commit suicide C. be concerned about financial stresses D. be abusive toward care providers

B. Commit suicide

Today in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is ______. A. lower than at any point in history B. increasing C. decreasing D. the same as that of the general population

B. Increasing

Which action reflects ageism? A. Enabling WWII veterans to visit war memorials B. Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age sixty-five years old C. Believing that older people drive too slowly D. Living in a culture where elders are respected

B. Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age sixty-five years old

In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men. A. are mistreated less B. live a few years longer C. suffer fewer health problems D. deal with issues of aging better

B. live a few years longer

The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is ______. A. cohort B. sex ratio C. baby boomer D. disengagement

B. sex ratio

Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment? A. Bereavement due to widowhood B. Having been abusive as a younger adult C. Being frail to the point of dependency on care D. The ability to bestow a large inheritance on survivors

C. Being frail to the point of dependency on care

Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief? A. Ignatz Nascher B. Erik Erikson C. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross D. Carol Gilligan

C. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except: A. Social Security's vulnerability B. improved medical technology C. Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt D. rising Medicare budgets

C. Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt

Thanatology is the study of _____. A. life expectancy B. biological aging C. death and dying D. adulthood

C. death and dying

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. A. activity B. continuity C. disengagement D. gerotranscendence

C. disengagement

What is the approximate median age of the United States? A. eighty-five B. sixty-five C. thirty-seven D. eighteen

C. thirty-seven

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory? A. Modernization B. Conflict C. Disengagement D. Age stratification

D. Age stratification

Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective? A. Men view balding as representative of a loss of strength. B. Men tend to have better retirement plans than women. C. Men have life expectancies three to five years shorter than women. D. Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.

D. Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.

For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is ________. A. the average age they will die B. the lessons they must learn C. the length of a typical bereavement period D. the typical sequence of events in their lives

D. the typical sequence of events in their lives