Socw 3101 Final
Maximum muscular strength for young adults is achieved between the ages of _____.
25 & 30
In conflict resolution, the strategy of finding some truth in what the other person (or side) is saying and then expressing "agreement" is called ____.
Disarming
When we become emotionally aroused or interested in something, the pupils of our eyes tend to decrease in size.
False
Which statement about death is true?
Funerals serve the function of demonstrating that the person is dead
Which term refers to a person's internal psychological self-concept of being either male or female?
Gender identity
Bell and colleagues found that ____.
Gender nonconformity was a much stronger causal factor for gay men than for lesbians
When the Social Security Act was passed in 1935, the United States followed the ____ model by selecting 65 as the age of eligibility for retirement benefits.
German
Middle-aged adults ____.
Have higher rates of hypertension than younger adults
In the U.S., the leading cause of death among older people is ____.
Heart Disease
Which theory suggests that we select a mate who has similar racial, economic, and social characteristics?
Homogamy theory
Which statement is true?
Hospice programs are designed to allow the terminally ill to die with dignity.
Which religion originated from the prophet Muhammad?
Islam
Which statement about rational love is true?
It involves an assessment of the loved one's strengths and shortcomings.
_____ is a sex chromosome disorder in which males are born with an extra X chromosome, resulting in an XXY designation.
Klinefelter's syndrome
The left hemisphere of the brain ____.
Ordinarily controls language and speech functions
Which statement about paralanguage is true?
Paralanguage can communicate the exact opposite of what the verbal message does
Which value orientation is directed by a desire to relate to the universe in some meaningful way?
Religious
Which style of grandparent takes on an authoritarian role and dispenses special resources and skills?
Reservoir of family wisdom
According to Selye, bodily processes seek to return to homeostasis during the ____ phase of the general adaptation syndrome.
Resistance
____ care services allow caregivers (usually a spouse or family member of an older person who requires 24-hour, at-home care) time away from caregiving responsibilities.
Respite
The ____ offers people over age 60 the opportunity to perform volunteer service to meet community needs.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program
Factors that apparently hasten the aging process include ____.
Severe alcohol or drug abuse
Which term refers to sexual erotic, romantic, and affectional attraction to the same gender, to the opposite gender, or to both?
Sexual orientation
When lesbian or gay parents teach their children that it is more appropriate to refer to and talk about sexual orientation in some instances than in others, they are teaching ____.
Situational ethics
Conflict theory views ____.
Society as a struggle for power among various social groups
Failure of an older adult to arrive at a positive life review can result in overt psychopathology.
True
Growing old is a lifelong process.
True
Homophobia may result from people's attempts to deny homosexual feelings in themselves.
True
It seems apparent that if major changes in the role of older people in society are to take place, they will have to be made through political action.
True
Older people are a powerful political group because they are more likely to vote than the young
True
One of the four major categories of family problems involves stresses imposed on the family by the external environment.
True
The death rate for people of color between the ages of 15 and 44 is about twice as high as that for whites.
True
The social construction of gender examines the structure of the gendered social order as a whole and the processes that construct and maintain it.
True
Today, people over 100 are a fast-growing segment of the population.
True
Which statement about men's and women's communication behavior is true?
Women understand nonverbal cues better than men.
The holiest day in Judaism is ____.
Yom Kippur
According to Maslow, ____.
A self-actualized person is self-directed
Osteoporosis is _____.
A thinning and weakening of the bones
The continent that is currently being most impacted by AIDS is _____.
Africa
According to the text, which statement about gender role development is true?
African Americans are often taught to assume more egalitarian roles.
Which statement is true?
AIDS is currently spreading at a greater rate among heterosexuals than among homosexuals.
_____ is an ethnic person's adoption of the dominant culture in which he or she is immersed.
Acculturation
The ____ theory of aging asserts that aging results from amassing harmful substances in the cells of an organism.
Accumulation
A major thrust of ____ theory is that we carry around pictures in our heads, both of what reality is like and of how we would like it to be
Choice
The first stage of coming out involves ____.
Coming out to oneself
What type of residential facility for older adults—which may be a private or government-subsidized rental apartment complex, a hotel remodeled to meet the needs of independent older adults, or a mobile home park designed for older adults—provides meals, housekeeping, transportation, social/recreational activities, and sometimes health care?
Congregate housing facility
Which of the following statements about conservatism is true?
Conservatives believe that dependency is a result of personal failure, and that inequality among humans is natural.
Infusino and associates studied 40 centenarians in Italy and found that they ____.
Continued to feel important and valued in their culture
Which statement about cultural differences in women's experience of menopause is true?
Different cultures view menopause differently
In Levinson's theories, "settling down" occurs during which of the following transitions?
Culminating life structure for early adulthood
The first stage of the Kübler-Ross model of the grieving process is ____.
Denial
Tammy, a social worker, is counseling a client with an alcohol abuse issue. Tammy asks her client whether he believes his life will improve if he stops drinking, then what he predicts his life will be like in 5 years if he continues to drink as much as he currently does. Which principle of motivational interviewing is Tammy implementing?
Discrepancy
Community ____ theory refers to older people withdrawing from the community and the community withdrawing from older people.
Disengagement
Which statement is true?
Effective coping is learning to approach problems realistically and constructively
____ refers to the ability to recognize and deal with one's own feelings as well as the feelings of others
Emotional intelligence
According to the text, biological insults include accidents, broken bones, and severe burns.
False
Erikson theorized that after young people develop a sense of identity, they next face the psychosocial crisis of self-awareness transitioning.
False
Every older person will eventually become senile.
False
Functionalism views rapid social change as beneficial to society.
False
In 2013, the Supreme Court forced several states to accept gay marriage.
False
Most older people in our society live with their adult children.
False
Practically all cognitive capacities decline rapidly and significantly in middle adulthood.
False
Sex refers to the social and psychological characteristics associated with being female or male.
False
The Foster Grandparent Program offers retired businesspeople an opportunity to help owners of small businesses and managers of community organizations who are having management problems.
False
The term intersex describes a person born with fully formed ovaries and fully formed testes.
False
The term transsexual represents a broad category of people whose appearance and behavior do not conform to societal gender roles, such as transvestite, agender, gender fluid, and transgender individuals.
False
Today women earn about 90 percent of what men earn.
False
The procedure for removing a cancerous breast lump that causes the least disruption to the breast's external appearance is a _____.
Lumpectomy
Peck theorizes that successful adjustment in middle adulthood includes ____.
Mental flexibility
Which program, usually referred to as Social Security, issues payments based on previous earnings?
Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI)
Which statement about the employment of older people is true?
Older workers have lower absenteeism rates than younger workers
About ____ out of ten older people in the United States is (are) living in poverty.
One
On Kinsey's six-point scale concerning sexual experiences, a rating of ____ means mostly heterosexual with incidental homosexual experience.
One
A double standard of aging affects how older men and women are viewed in our society.
True
Which of the following statements regarding sexual harassment is true?
The Civil Rights Act was amended to allow for compensatory damages in cases involving sexual harassment
The theory about rape that proposes that it is the logical reaction of men socialized to dominate women is called ____.
The feminist perspective
Which statement about sex is true?
The frequency of coitus is highest among individuals in their twenties and thirties.
Which statement about poverty is true?
The infant mortality rate among the poor is almost double the rate among the affluent
Which statement about physiological changes experienced by older people is true?
The number of active muscle fibers gradually decreases.
Which model of organizational behavior emphasizes that a business organization should be a way of life for employees and should provide lifetime employment for workers?
Theory Z
