Question 1

According to the textbook,the "silver tsunami" is an outcome of what phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) greater competition between older and younger workers 
B) the growing popularity of nursing homes 
C) high rates of retirement 
D) increased pressure on the healthcare system 
A) greater competition between older and younger workers 
B) the growing popularity of nursing homes 
C) high rates of retirement 
D) increased pressure on the healthcare system D

Question 2

According to the text,what do many older people feel their biggest problem is?

Accepted Answer

A) lack of pension plans 
B) loss of status 
C) their own perceptions of their worth and value in society 
D) other people's negative views of aging and their capabilities 
A) lack of pension plans 
B) loss of status 
C) their own perceptions of their worth and value in society 
D) other people's negative views of aging and their capabilities D

Question 3

Today,about 10 percent of Canadian seniors are still working.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

In industrial societies,death has been removed from everyday life and is often regarded as unnatural.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What assists older individuals to cope with the problems in their day-to-day care?

Accepted Answer

A) hospitals 
B) support services 
C) nursing homes 
D) extended care facilities 
A) hospitals 
B) support services 
C) nursing homes 
D) extended care facilities

Question 6

Which term refers to observable individual attributes that are used to assign people to age categories?

Accepted Answer

A) chronological age 
B) functional age 
C) conspicuous age 
D) subjective age 
A) chronological age 
B) functional age 
C) conspicuous age 
D) subjective age

Question 7

Compare and contrast a conflict symbolic perspective and a feminist perspective on aging.

Accepted Answer

The conflict symbolic perspective on agi

Question 8

According to Taylor (1995),a generational war between the old and the young is occurring for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A) Young people pay far more to support older people than they will receive in return. 
B) Older workers are competing with younger workers for similar occupations. 
C) The abolishment of mandatory retirement means fewer jobs for younger workers. 
D) Older people are living the good life,which causes resentment among younger people who are struggling economically. 
A) Young people pay far more to support older people than they will receive in return. 
B) Older workers are competing with younger workers for similar occupations. 
C) The abolishment of mandatory retirement means fewer jobs for younger workers. 
D) Older people are living the good life,which causes resentment among younger people who are struggling economically.

Question 9

Bill,who is 29,is frustrated that Patricia,63,will not take an early retirement package.Doing so would free up a position that he wants.What does this example demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A) role differentiation 
B) age competition 
C) age stratification 
D) role stratification 
A) role differentiation 
B) age competition 
C) age stratification 
D) role stratification

Question 10

Who is most likely to commit elder abuse?

Accepted Answer

A) nursing home staff 
B) hired caregivers 
C) older children 
D) strangers 
A) nursing home staff 
B) hired caregivers 
C) older children 
D) strangers

Question 11

Which cohort is more likely to experience poverty?

Accepted Answer

A) parents of baby boomers 
B) baby boomers 
C) baby busters 
D) children of baby boomers 
A) parents of baby boomers 
B) baby boomers 
C) baby busters 
D) children of baby boomers

Question 12

What did the case of Sue Rodriguez,a British Columbia woman suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease,demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A) People have the right to take their own life. 
B) People do not have the right to take their own life. 
C) Only doctors have the right to take a person's life. 
D) Physician-assisted suicide in Canada is legal,but only under certain circumstances. 
A) People have the right to take their own life. 
B) People do not have the right to take their own life. 
C) Only doctors have the right to take a person's life. 
D) Physician-assisted suicide in Canada is legal,but only under certain circumstances.

Question 13

What theory argues that older persons make a normal and healthy adjustment to aging when they detach themselves from their social roles and prepare for their eventual death?

Accepted Answer

A) activity 
B) disengagement 
C) conflict 
D) disorganization 
A) activity 
B) disengagement 
C) conflict 
D) disorganization

Question 14

Baby boomers were born between 1966 and 1974.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

According to Park (2011),which of the following is NOT a reason why people retire?

Accepted Answer

A) adequate pensions 
B) medical issues 
C) caregiving responsibilities 
D) industry customs related to age 
A) adequate pensions 
B) medical issues 
C) caregiving responsibilities 
D) industry customs related to age

Question 16

Gerontologists have found that age is viewed similarly from society to society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Define ageism and provide an example.

Accepted Answer

Ageism is prejudice and discri

Question 18

According to the National Council of Welfare,why do women have such low incomes in old age?

Accepted Answer

A) They have not achieved sufficient levels of post-secondary education. 
B) They have been abandoned by the generation that benefited from their housework. 
C) Their husbands are deceased. 
D) Employers are less likely to hire older women than older men. 
A) They have not achieved sufficient levels of post-secondary education. 
B) They have been abandoned by the generation that benefited from their housework. 
C) Their husbands are deceased. 
D) Employers are less likely to hire older women than older men.

Question 19

Suppose that Mary,an 85-year-old woman,is refused service at a nail salon.If you overheard the receptionist say,"We can't treat hands like that," what might you conclude is happening?

Accepted Answer

A) sexism 
B) ageism 
C) sex stratification 
D) age-based frustration 
A) sexism 
B) ageism 
C) sex stratification 
D) age-based frustration

Question 20

What does Patricia Moore's experience of disguising herself as an 85-year old woman reveal?

Accepted Answer

It is not her age,but other people's rea

Exam 18: Aging

According to the textbook,the "silver tsunami" is an outcome of what phenomenon?

According to the text,what do many older people feel their biggest problem is?

Today,about 10 percent of Canadian seniors are still working.

In industrial societies,death has been removed from everyday life and is often regarded as unnatural.

What assists older individuals to cope with the problems in their day-to-day care?

Which term refers to observable individual attributes that are used to assign people to age categories?

Compare and contrast a conflict symbolic perspective and a feminist perspective on aging.

According to Taylor (1995),a generational war between the old and the young is occurring for which of the following reasons?

Bill,who is 29,is frustrated that Patricia,63,will not take an early retirement package.Doing so would free up a position that he wants.What does this example demonstrate?

Who is most likely to commit elder abuse?

Which cohort is more likely to experience poverty?

What did the case of Sue Rodriguez,a British Columbia woman suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease,demonstrate?

What theory argues that older persons make a normal and healthy adjustment to aging when they detach themselves from their social roles and prepare for their eventual death?

Baby boomers were born between 1966 and 1974.

According to Park (2011),which of the following is NOT a reason why people retire?

Gerontologists have found that age is viewed similarly from society to society.

Define ageism and provide an example.

According to the National Council of Welfare,why do women have such low incomes in old age?

Suppose that Mary,an 85-year-old woman,is refused service at a nail salon.If you overheard the receptionist say,"We can't treat hands like that," what might you conclude is happening?

What does Patricia Moore's experience of disguising herself as an 85-year old woman reveal?

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