Question 1

What is the "replacement rate" needed to replenish a population experiencing normal fertility and mortality rates?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 child per woman 
B)  2.0 children per woman 
C)  2.5 children per woman 
D)  3.0 children per woman 
A)  1 child per woman 
B)  2.0 children per woman 
C)  2.5 children per woman 
D)  3.0 children per woman B

Question 2

Social stratification is the process whereby social attributes (age, gender, race, etc.) are evaluated differentially according to their value in society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

What is the life-course perspective?

Accepted Answer

The life-course perspective enables us to understand aging individuals and older age cohorts using a historical, dynamic, and developmental approach. This perspective analyzes the interplay among individual life stories, society, and the environment, and considers the effect of specific historical events (e.g., war, economic depression, epidemics) on individuals or age cohorts. The life-course perspective investigates how the difficulties, advantages, disadvantages, requirements, and lifestyles of later life are shaped by earlier life transitions, prospects, choices, and experiences within specific historical or cultural contexts.

Question 4

Why should academics pay attention to media portrayals of ageing?

Accepted Answer

When accepted as fact by the media, the

Question 5

Why is age identity important to older adults?

Accepted Answer

As opposed to chronological age, "age id

Question 6

The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Older Persons contains a call for action to improve the quality of life of older adults throughout the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Separate processes such as chronological aging, biological aging, psychological aging, and social aging, do not interact.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In 2015, what percentage of the world's population was 65 years and older?

Accepted Answer

A)  3.3 per cent 
B)  5 per cent 
C)  8.5 per cent 
D)  10 per cent 
A)  3.3 per cent 
B)  5 per cent 
C)  8.5 per cent 
D)  10 per cent

Question 9

Chronological age defines what we legally can and cannot do in society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Many provinces support the development of public and private assisted or supportive housing complexes that provide only a lower level of care.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Population aging is the result of decreased fertility and longer life expectancy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is a multidisciplinary field of study, is the study of aging processes and aging individuals, as well as of the practices and policies that are designed to assist older adults?

Accepted Answer

A)  Geriatrics 
B)  Structural psychology 
C)  Gerontology 
D)  Life-course sociology 
A)  Geriatrics 
B)  Structural psychology 
C)  Gerontology 
D)  Life-course sociology

Question 13

How can agency affect the future lives of older adults?

Accepted Answer

Elder and Johnson described agency as on

Question 14

What are the four processes of aging and how do they each contribute to the aging experience?

Accepted Answer

Chronological aging defines the passage

Question 15

A bar mitzvah, a twenty-first birthday party, a graduation from university, a wedding, or a retirement party are all examples of transitions wherein social timetables dictate that we "should" or "must" enter or leave various social positions.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rules 
B)  Ceremonies 
C)  Rites of passage 
D)  Culture 
A)  Rules 
B)  Ceremonies 
C)  Rites of passage 
D)  Culture

Question 16

Gerontology is a sub-specialty of medicine that focuses on the physical and mental diseases of later life and on the clinical treatment and care of elderly patients by specialized physicians.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are two ways in which aging be socially constructed? Your answer should drawing on what you learned about stereotypes and age identity.

Accepted Answer

While chronological age is a specific me

Question 18

Age cohorts are people born at a similar period in time and in the same location.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What is the process by which individuals in comparable situations act in different ways and make unique decisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Life course construction 
B)  Cohort flow 
C)  Agency 
D)  Chaos 
A)  Life course construction 
B)  Cohort flow 
C)  Agency 
D)  Chaos

Question 20

How might current biomedical, social, technological, and policy development raise legal, moral, philosophical, and ethical questions about aging and older adults? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary here depending on the

What is the "replacement rate" needed to replenish a population experiencing normal fertility and mortality rates?

Social stratification is the process whereby social attributes (age, gender, race, etc.) are evaluated differentially according to their value in society.

What is the life-course perspective?

Why should academics pay attention to media portrayals of ageing?

Why is age identity important to older adults?

The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Older Persons contains a call for action to improve the quality of life of older adults throughout the world.

Separate processes such as chronological aging, biological aging, psychological aging, and social aging, do not interact.

In 2015, what percentage of the world's population was 65 years and older?

Chronological age defines what we legally can and cannot do in society.

Many provinces support the development of public and private assisted or supportive housing complexes that provide only a lower level of care.

Population aging is the result of decreased fertility and longer life expectancy.

Which of the following is a multidisciplinary field of study, is the study of aging processes and aging individuals, as well as of the practices and policies that are designed to assist older adults?

How can agency affect the future lives of older adults?

What are the four processes of aging and how do they each contribute to the aging experience?

A bar mitzvah, a twenty-first birthday party, a graduation from university, a wedding, or a retirement party are all examples of transitions wherein social timetables dictate that we "should" or "must" enter or leave various social positions.

Gerontology is a sub-specialty of medicine that focuses on the physical and mental diseases of later life and on the clinical treatment and care of elderly patients by specialized physicians.

What are two ways in which aging be socially constructed? Your answer should drawing on what you learned about stereotypes and age identity.

Age cohorts are people born at a similar period in time and in the same location.

What is the process by which individuals in comparable situations act in different ways and make unique decisions?

How might current biomedical, social, technological, and policy development raise legal, moral, philosophical, and ethical questions about aging and older adults? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Aging

Integrating Physical, Psychological, and Social Change Across the Life Course

Population Aging: a Demographic and Geographic Perspective

Theories and Research in Explaining and Understanding Aging Phenomena

Social Structures, Social Inequality,and the Life Course

Health Status and Health-Care Transitions in an Aging Context

The Lived Environment: Community, Housing, and Place

Family Ties, Relationships, and Transitions

Later Life Work, Retirement, and Economic Security

Social Participation, Social Connectedness, and Leisure Among Older Persons

End of the Life Course: Social Support, Public Policy, and Dying Well

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Exam 1: Aging As a Social Process

What is the "replacement rate" needed to replenish a population experiencing normal fertility and mortality rates?

Social stratification is the process whereby social attributes (age, gender, race, etc.) are evaluated differentially according to their value in society.

What is the life-course perspective?

Why should academics pay attention to media portrayals of ageing?

Why is age identity important to older adults?

The United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Older Persons contains a call for action to improve the quality of life of older adults throughout the world.

Separate processes such as chronological aging, biological aging, psychological aging, and social aging, do not interact.

In 2015, what percentage of the world's population was 65 years and older?

Chronological age defines what we legally can and cannot do in society.

Many provinces support the development of public and private assisted or supportive housing complexes that provide only a lower level of care.

Population aging is the result of decreased fertility and longer life expectancy.

Which of the following is a multidisciplinary field of study, is the study of aging processes and aging individuals, as well as of the practices and policies that are designed to assist older adults?

How can agency affect the future lives of older adults?

What are the four processes of aging and how do they each contribute to the aging experience?

A bar mitzvah, a twenty-first birthday party, a graduation from university, a wedding, or a retirement party are all examples of transitions wherein social timetables dictate that we "should" or "must" enter or leave various social positions.

Gerontology is a sub-specialty of medicine that focuses on the physical and mental diseases of later life and on the clinical treatment and care of elderly patients by specialized physicians.

What are two ways in which aging be socially constructed? Your answer should drawing on what you learned about stereotypes and age identity.

Age cohorts are people born at a similar period in time and in the same location.

What is the process by which individuals in comparable situations act in different ways and make unique decisions?

How might current biomedical, social, technological, and policy development raise legal, moral, philosophical, and ethical questions about aging and older adults? Illustrate your answer with an example.

Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Aging

Integrating Physical, Psychological, and Social Change Across the Life Course

Population Aging: a Demographic and Geographic Perspective

Theories and Research in Explaining and Understanding Aging Phenomena

Social Structures, Social Inequality,and the Life Course

Health Status and Health-Care Transitions in an Aging Context

The Lived Environment: Community, Housing, and Place

Family Ties, Relationships, and Transitions

Later Life Work, Retirement, and Economic Security

Social Participation, Social Connectedness, and Leisure Among Older Persons

End of the Life Course: Social Support, Public Policy, and Dying Well

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