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Gerontology FinalAll of the following are used to define age with the exception of: - ANS Cohort
Age
Which of the following is an example of implicit ageism? - ANS Not hiring a
potential employee because she had some gray hairs visible at the interview
Which of the following is NOT an example of senescence? - ANS Memory
Impairments
Gerontologist define a "cohort" as - ANS An aggregate of individuals who
experience the same event within the same event within the same time interval
Gerontology is the scientific study of the ____________ aspects of aging - ANS
Biological, psychological and social
America's healthcare system is biased toward aging because it focuses on
treatment of chronic conditions more than acute conditions - ANS False
Who did articles say was an anomaly and died of poisoning by execution not of
old age? - ANS Socrates
Viewing aging as a positive thing can lengthen the number of years of life more
than just having low blood pressure, good cholesterol levels, low body-mass
index, not smoking, and getting regular exercise. - ANS True
How a person thinks about their own aging can ultimately affect how long they
live. - ANS True
A famous person said, "It gives me great pleasure to converse with the elderly,
they have been over the road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough
and difficult and where it is easy and level." - ANS Plato
One author states that successful aging in today's culture is equated with
inter-generational housing options - ANS False
, The tendency to discourage the elderly from taking risks is also a form of ageism
- ANS True
The theory of senescence would argue that death is part of the process of natural
selection - ANS True
Social gerontology is a subfield of gerontology, concerned primarily with the
physiological changes brought on by age - ANS False
_________ is the greatest number of years any member of a species has been
known to survive - ANS Life span
Most recent immigrants to the US can trace their ancestry to: - ANS Asia and
Latin America
Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of the Echo Boomers? -
ANS Members of this cohort were born between 1964 and 1979
The fastest growing segment of the aging population is: - ANS oldest old (85 and
over)
____________ is the study of population processes - fertility, mortality, and
migration. - ANS Demography
If you wanted to market a product to African American Baby Boomers, who would
be best to network with so that your message got to the target population? - ANS
Not the men of the household - dont have the right answer
Which state in the US reached the majority- minority milestone first in 2015? -
ANS California
Which of the following suggestions did an author give to policymakers that could
improve the outlook for the future in the US? - ANS Work to reduce the gaps in
education, employment and earning of younger workers.
In the 1900s young immigrants entered the United States through Boston Harbor -
ANS False
Birth rate is the average number of births per generation - ANS False
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