Question 1

What do survey researchers strive to be?

Accepted Answer

A)  Objective 
B)  Close to study participants 
C)  Included in the research 
D)  Astute observers and listeners

Question 2

According to your textbook, which of the following refers to a formal, specific explanation for some facet of the social world?

Accepted Answer

A)  Theory 
B)  Model 
C)  Perspective 
D)  Framework

Question 3

What is the life course perspective? How have its main assumptions changed over time?

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Question 4

What must the research process protect participants from?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physical or mental harm 
B)  Sharing information 
C)  Acquiring knowledge 
D)  Other participants

Question 5

What can narrative gerontology teach us about how people age? What are the limitations to this approach?

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Question 6

The life-course perspective bridged individual and structural dynamics of the process of aging.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is meant by secondary analysis? Provide examples of what researchers can study using this approach.

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Question 8

Secondary analysis of data sets typically produces unreliable information.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What are longitudinal research designs?

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Question 10

Rates of chronic illness are best collected using participant research methods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which perspective views aging as a process in which an individual adjusts to inevitable new roles, such as a "retiree" or "widow," and argues that an individual's failure to adapt to role changes (from worker to retiree) represents an inability to fit into the existing social structure, not that the structure is ineffective or unsuitable for that individual or period in history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participatory action research 
B)  Structural functionalism 
C)  Symbolic interactionism 
D)  Social construction

Question 12

The idea of agency is that individuals are best understood as the result of institutional norms and structures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is mixed-methods research? Why do you think it is becoming more common in research studies of older adults?

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Question 14

The political economy of aging approach assumes that older people, as an age group, are impoverished and lack power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following types of studies is best used for specifically addressing issues with the same people at different points in time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cross-sectional study 
B)  Trend study 
C)  Cohort study 
D)  Panel study

Question 16

What is the relevance of structural lag in meeting the needs of an aging population? Provide examples to illustrate your point.

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Question 17

Which of the following statements regarding participatory action research is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants are partners in the research process. 
B)  The research process is done with people rather than on or for people. 
C)  The search to understand specific contextual factors is as important as understanding general patterns. 
D)  This type of research cannot lead to changes in programs or policies.

Question 18

Which of the following statements regarding evaluation research is false?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its purpose is to assess needs before a policy or program is started. 
B)  Its purpose is to determine whether any progress has been made towards a specific goal. 
C)  Its purpose is to measure cost-effectiveness at a particular state of a program or policy after it has begun. 
D)  Its purpose is to determine what is right or wrong.

Question 19

According to Ray (1996), what might the term "caregiving" mean to a postmodern feminist?

Accepted Answer

A)  The care is offered freely to meet the needs of another person. 
B)  Care is hard work performed for remuneration. 
C)  Care begins because of a sense of duty or responsibility. 
D)  Families are required by law to provide care.

Question 20

How is the concept of poverty central to the feminist perspective as it is applied to aging?

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Exam 5: Theories and Research in Explaining and Understanding Aging Phenomena

What do survey researchers strive to be?

According to your textbook, which of the following refers to a formal, specific explanation for some facet of the social world?

What is the life course perspective? How have its main assumptions changed over time?

What must the research process protect participants from?

What can narrative gerontology teach us about how people age? What are the limitations to this approach?

The life-course perspective bridged individual and structural dynamics of the process of aging.

What is meant by secondary analysis? Provide examples of what researchers can study using this approach.

Secondary analysis of data sets typically produces unreliable information.

What are longitudinal research designs?

Rates of chronic illness are best collected using participant research methods.

The idea of agency is that individuals are best understood as the result of institutional norms and structures.

What is mixed-methods research? Why do you think it is becoming more common in research studies of older adults?

The political economy of aging approach assumes that older people, as an age group, are impoverished and lack power.

Which of the following types of studies is best used for specifically addressing issues with the same people at different points in time?

What is the relevance of structural lag in meeting the needs of an aging population? Provide examples to illustrate your point.

Which of the following statements regarding participatory action research is false?

Which of the following statements regarding evaluation research is false?

According to Ray (1996) , what might the term "caregiving" mean to a postmodern feminist?

How is the concept of poverty central to the feminist perspective as it is applied to aging?