chapter 13 section quiz

what is the approximate median age of the United States?

37

the Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?

age stratification

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

being frail to the point of dependency on care

Thanatology is the study of _____.

death and dying

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

men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles

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

overcoming despair to achieve integrity

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

sex ratio

for individual people of a certain culture, the life is ____.

the typical sequence of events in their lives

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.

disengagement

today in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is ___.

increasing

if elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ___.

caregivers

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

commit suicide

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

continued to gradually wis

what is the primary driver of modernization theory?

industrialization

in most countries, elderly women ___ than elderly men.

liv a few years longer

which action reflects ageism?

speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65

the "graying of the United States" refers to ___.

the increasing percentage of the population over 65 years old

who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief?

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

America's baby boomer generation has contribution to all of the following expect:

Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt

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

activity