Deck 13: Aging and the Elderly

Question 1

No one in the United States can watch the news without hearing about the struggle over Social Security.Which approach has been used in the past to avoid the program's collapse?

A)Increasing the work week to 80 hours so that there is more money coming into the program.
B)Increase the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security.
C)Only pay Social Security to people who paid the tax; cut out any spouses or dependents who might benefit.
D)Make Social Security a private program, much like insurance or a 401k).

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to Erik Erikson's theory on aging, what is the final hurdle that most people who reach old age must overcome?

A)Despair
B)Loathing
C)Sentimentality
D)Concession

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Sociologists have adopted the phrase, "the graying of the United States." What does this phrase mean?

A)People are living under so much stress now, that they are going gray early.
B)Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair.
C)The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
D)With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of steel.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How do elderly widows and widowers react to death of their significant other?

A)Differently: elderly widows often do not remarry while elderly widowers do.
B)Differently: elderly widows often remarry while elderly widowers do not.
C)Similarly: both elderly widows and widowers often remarry.
D)Similarly: both elderly widows and widowers do not often remarry.

Question 5

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross's book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field?

A)Thanatology
B)Teleology
C)Metrology
D)Ontology

Question 6

What is a dependency ratio?

A)It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
B)It is the comparison of children to parents.
C)It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.
D)It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.

Question 7

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?

A)Subculture of aging theory
B)Gerotranscendence
C)Selective optimization with compensation theory
D)Age stratification theory

Question 8

Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of?

A)Being patronized by gas station attendants.
B)Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.
C)Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.
D)Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

Question 9

When your mother-in-law fell and broke her hip at age 72, you were concerned because she is still ________________.

A)Young-old
B)Middle-old
C)Old-old
D)Ancient

Question 10

When elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under an):

A)Republic
B)Meritocracy
C)Oligarchy
D)Gerontocracy

Question 11

Your grandmother is still very active and loves to get her friends together for bridge on Friday.They always talk about all those old-old people down at the senior center who like to play bingo.About how old are the old-old senior citizens to whom they are referring?

A)67
B)72
C)75
D)85

Question 12

Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older.

A)100
B)101
C)105
D)110

Question 13

Accusing people of DWE driving while elderly) is considered a type of:

A)Clairvoyance
B)Ageism
C)Behaviorism
D)Functionalism

Question 14

Some conflict theorists ascribe to the idea that as time and technology move forward, elderly people are left behind and they lose social standing and power.Which specific theory does this describe?

A)Modernization theory
B)Age stratification theory
C)Exchange theory
D)Continuity theory

Question 15

What causes some caretakers to abuse their elderly charges?

A)Job satisfaction
B)Depression
C)Lack of emotional attachment
D)Pride

Question 16

What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory?

A)As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality.
B)As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.
C)As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.
D)As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.

Question 17

The world population is growing and aging.In an effort to collectively deal with some of the challenges facing the elderly, several countries gathered at a summit.Which plan was the result of this summit?

A)The Brussels Plan
B)The Berlin Plan
C)The Madrid Plan
D)The Paris Plan

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true about old age?

A)Women notice wrinkles as one of the first signs of aging.
B)Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex.
C)Elderly men sometimes start to go bald as they age.
D)Elderly people start dying their hair to replace the color they lose.

Question 19

While visiting your dad at his nursing home, you see an elderly lady sitting at the table with a full tray of food in front of her.She is in a wheel chair and seems depressed.You conclude that she is experiencing:

A)Primary aging
B)Secondary aging
C)Tertiary aging
D)Quaternary aging

Question 20

Which three states allow some form of physician-assisted suicide?

A)Iowa, Nebraska, and Nevada
B)Georgia, New York, and Pennsylvania
C)Washington State, Oregon, and Montana
D)Texas, California, and Virginia