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Chapter 13: Aging and the Elderly

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Chapter 13: Aging and the Elderly

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13-1 §13.1 source ↗

In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.
  1. a.
    are mistreated less
  2. b.
    live a few years longer
  3. c.
    suffer fewer health problems
  4. d.
    deal with issues of aging better

Answer

B. live a few years longer

13-3 §13.1 source ↗

The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is ______.
  1. a.
    cohort
  2. b.
    sex ratio
  3. c.
    baby Boomer
  4. d.
    disengagement

Answer

B. sex ratio

13-5 §13.1 source ↗

What is the approximate median age of the United States?
  1. a.
    eighty-five
  2. b.
    sixty-five
  3. c.
    thirty-seven
  4. d.
    eighteen

Answer

C. thirty-seven

13-7 §13.2 source ↗

In Erik Erikson’s developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?
  1. a.
    Overcoming despair to achieve integrity
  2. b.
    Overcoming role confusion to achieve identity
  3. c.
    Overcoming isolation to achieve intimacy
  4. d.
    Overcoming shame to achieve autonomy

Answer

A. Overcoming despair to achieve integrity

13-9 §13.2 source ↗

For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is ________.
  1. a.
    the average age they will die
  2. b.
    the lessons they must learn
  3. c.
    the length of a typical bereavement period
  4. d.
    the typical sequence of events in their lives

Answer

D. the typical sequence of events in their lives

13-11 §13.3 source ↗

Today in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is ______.
  1. a.
    lower than at any point in history
  2. b.
    increasing
  3. c.
    decreasing
  4. d.
    the same as that of the general population

Answer

B. increasing

13-13 §13.3 source ↗

Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?
  1. a.
    Bereavement due to widowhood
  2. b.
    Having been abusive as a younger adult
  3. c.
    Being frail to the point of dependency on care
  4. d.
    The ability to bestow a large inheritance on survivors

Answer

C. Being frail to the point of dependency on care

13-15 §13.3 source ↗

Veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military.
  1. a.
    be a victim of elder abuse
  2. b.
    die by suicide
  3. c.
    be concerned about financial stresses
  4. d.
    be abusive toward care providers

Answer

B. die by suicide

13-17 §13.4 source ↗

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.
  1. a.
    activity
  2. b.
    continuity
  3. c.
    disengagement
  4. d.
    gerotranscendence

Answer

A. activity

13-19 §13.4 source ↗

What is the primary driver of modernization theory?
  1. a.
    Industrialization
  2. b.
    Aging
  3. c.
    Conflict
  4. d.
    Interactions

Answer

A. Industrialization

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