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Gerontology Exam I Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass What percent of seniors feel lonley regularly? - 43% What is the percent of increased mortality caused by lonliness? - 45% Is lonliness more dangerous than obesity? - Yes Lonliness is similar to having ____ cigarettes a day. - 15 The...

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What percent of seniors feel lonley regularly? - ✔✔43%


What is the percent of increased mortality caused by lonliness? - ✔✔45%


Is lonliness more dangerous than obesity? - ✔✔Yes


Lonliness is similar to having ____ cigarettes a day. - ✔✔15


The primary fear in the elderly - ✔✔Losing a spouse


- Men typically reconnect or remarry


Major risk factor for suicide in the elderly - ✔✔Depression


Who is at the greatest risk for suicide? - ✔✔Non-hispanic white men aged 85 and older


Gerontology - ✔✔A multidisciplinary field of study which examines processes of aging among

individuals and population


3 Core Disciplines of Gerontoloy - ✔✔1. Sociology


2. Psychology


3. Biology


The "mother" of Gerontology - ✔✔Dr. Bernice Neugarten


Dr. Neugarten's model of the heterogenus nature of elders - ✔✔- Young-Old


- Old-Old



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, Young-Old Ages - ✔✔55-74


Old-Old Ages - ✔✔75 and older


Nature is heterogenous due to: - ✔✔- Development consists of an interaction of the individual (genetic

makeup) and the context within which they live


- Age increases the impact of the context


- Life experience increase people's diversity across the lifespan


Who split the "old-old" category into two? - ✔✔Dr. Robert Butler of the NIA


Dr. Butler's categories of old-old - ✔✔- Eldery (75-84)


- Oldest old (85+)


Define aging - ✔✔the "accumulation of physical, psychological, social changes in a person over time..."

"some dimensions of aging grow and expand over time, while others decline"


Dr. Bernice Neugarten theory on how we age - ✔✔- Identified a timetable for when various life events

and actions should ideally occur


- Age appropriate behavior


Dr. Karl Mannheim theory on how we age - ✔✔- Generation is a "social location" or cohort


- "Biological rhythm" to sharing a cohort


Dr. Matilda White Riley theory on how we age - ✔✔Age stratification as a perspective to organize times

of our lives


What will Gerontology enable? - ✔✔Public policy decisions and social programming


Dr. Aubrey DeGrey longevity escape - ✔✔Finite range of progress with infinite consequences



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