Chp.13 Quiz

Which theory claims that elderly benefit from high level of activity?

Activity Theory

It might be considered deviant for an elderly woman to wear a bikini because it violates norms denying the sexuality of older females

Age stratification theory

In this model, the only means to avoid being discarded is to engage in resource management, like maintaining a large inheritance or participating in social exchange systems via child care.

Exchange theory

Which of these theories was not specifically discussed to help us understand elderly and their life experiences?

Functional Theory

Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of?

Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

As societies modernize, the elderly, unable to work outside of the home, have less to offer economically and are seen as a burden.

Modernization theory

Continuity theory clams that________________________.

Older adults maintain patterns from their younger years

Gerontology is a______________.

Scientific study of the processes and phenomena of aging and growing old

A symbolic interactionist may choose to study senior centers, and other groups of elderly people. Which theory might they find most useful for their study?

Subculture of aging theory

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field?

Thanatology

Which three states allow some form of physician-assisted suicide?

Washington State, Oregon, and Montana