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
