GERONTOLOGY MID-TERM EXAM 2025|BRAND NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST UPDATE
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GERONTOLOGY MID-TERM EXAM 2025|BRAND NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST UPDATE
Which of the following is NOT a factor associated with successful aging?
- participating in meaningful activities
- accepting compulsory retirement
- setti...
GERONTOLOGY MID-TERM EXAM 2025|BRAND
NEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALL GRADED A+|GUARANTEED SUCCESS|LATEST
UPDATE 2024-2025
Which of the following is NOT a factor associated with successful aging?
- participating in meaningful activities
- accepting compulsory retirement
- setting goals and working to achieve them
- adopting a lifestyle to reach maximum level of functioning - ANSWER-✅- accepting
compulsory retirement
Mrs. Martin recently became a grandmother. The best term to define the change in
her life is:
- social role
- chronological age.
- functional age.
- subjective age. - ANSWER-✅- social role
Why do women tend to associate more negative connotations with aging than do
men?
- Women lose mental capacity as they age more quickly than men.
- Women are evaluated on physical attractiveness and reproductive potential, and
aging affects both.
- Men think they get better looking with age so they don't mind it as much.
- Women, on average, die earlier than men. - ANSWER-✅- Women are evaluated on
physical attractiveness and reproductive potential, and aging affects both.
Gerontologists define a "cohort" as the:
- actual number of years lived by a group of people.
- aggregate of individuals who experience the same event within the same time
interval.
- average number of years lived by a group of people.
- study of family processes. - ANSWER-✅- aggregate of individuals who experience
the same event within the same time interval.
The term "ageism" refers to:
- avert or hostile attitudes directed toward a group of people.
,- a composite of ideas and beliefs attached to people as a group or category.
- systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old.
- overt action directed toward a group of older people. - ANSWER-✅- systematic
stereotyping of and discrimination against people because they are old.
A fact about aging is that:
- older men and women spend only 10 percent of their lives free of disability.
- most retirees are busy, active, and satisfied with their working lives.
- people become extremely mellow as they grow old.
- more than 80 percent of people 65 and older live in nursing homes. - ANSWER-✅-
most retirees are busy, active, and satisfied with their working lives.
Successful aging involves both the individual and society.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅- true
Men are more likely to be widowed than women.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅- false
The majority of older people are in poor health.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅- false
Which of the following statements is true about the frail elderly?
- They are usually mentally and physically fit.
- They are predominantly engaged in the life of the community.
- They depend on others for carrying out their daily activities.
- They can never improve from their health conditions. - ANSWER-✅- They depend
on others for carrying out their daily activities.
The finding that older people are more politically conservative than younger people
is an example of:
- period effect
.- subculture effect.
- aging effect.
- cohort effect. - ANSWER-✅- cohort effect.
Which of the following is NOT an example of life course transition in the family
sphere?
- entering full-time employment
- parenthood
- marriage
- grandparenthood - ANSWER-✅- entering full-time employment
The _____ refers to middle-aged people who have both dependent children and
aging parents.
One theory which seeks to explain why inequality increases with age is the:
- age inequality theory
- age stratification throry
- theory of cumulative disadvantage.
- demographic transition theory - ANSWER-✅- theory of cumulative disadvantage.
Why do most people think of "old age" as starting at 65?
- Prior to the year 2000, that was the age at which retired workers could begin
receiving Social Security benefits.
- That's traditionally the age at which most health problems begin.
- That's the age that most people retire these days.
- That's the average age at which people become grandparents. - ANSWER-✅- Prior
to the year 2000, that was the age at which retired workers could begin receiving
Social Security benefits.
Disengagement theory developed by Cumming and Henry states that:
- it is best for people to stay active and to resist the shrinkage of their social world.
- people who share similar interests, problems, and concerns age well.
- normal aging involves a natural and inevitable withdrawal from people in the social
system.
- aging is a continuous process. - ANSWER-✅- normal aging involves a natural and
inevitable withdrawal from people in the social system.
According to activity theory, _____.
- lack of activity contributes to aging more gracefully
- successful aging is active aging
- how well people age can be directly correlated to how much exercise they get
- the social and psychological needs of the elderly are very different from those of
younger people - ANSWER-✅- successful aging is active aging
The basic premise of modernization theory was that:
- younger people were more venerated than the older people in any community
.- older people had less power and authority in the community in which they lived
.- people lived independently rather than with their grandparents or kids.
- there was once a golden age of aging. - ANSWER-✅- there was once a golden age
of aging.
An age-integrated institution is characterized by:
- social norms based on functional age.
- social norms based on chronological age.
- distinct activities for specific age groups.
, - absence of chronological age as means of entrance, participation, or exit. -
ANSWER-✅- absence of chronological age as means of entrance, participation, or
exit.
Feminist theory of aging notes that:
- men and women experience aging differently because of the organization of social
structure and gendered social definition of reality.
- men and women experience age differently because of their power resources.
- men and women have different interests and form groups based on these interests.
- men and women experience age differently because of social activities. - ANSWER-
✅- men and women experience aging differently because of the organization of
social structure and gendered social definition of reality.
Continuity Theory emphasizes that
- people will get older, the longer they live.
- family members tend to live to the same age, in each generation
.- a person's personality and thought patterns help a person as they age.
- a poor young person will become a poorer older person. - ANSWER-✅- a person's
personality and thought patterns help a person as they age.
Subculture Theory states that older people form a subculture because of shared
interests, problems, and long-standing relationships.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅- true
The benefits/costs do not change in relationships as a person ages according to the
Exchange Theory.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅- false
Critical Gerontology Theory stresses that aging impacts people, families, societies all
over the world.
- true
- false - ANSWER-✅-true
The Political Economy Theory addresses how political power struggles both define
and respond to the aging experience.
- true
-false - ANSWER-✅- true
_____ is the study of population processes—fertility, mortality, and migration.
- Life Course
- Demography
- Age Stratification
- Social Gerontology - ANSWER-✅- Demography
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