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Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass True or False: Depression is more common in older adults? - False True or false: lung vital capacity tends to decline as people age - True People over ____ years old are considered older adults. - 65 What is age range for "young old"?...

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Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and
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True or False: Depression is more common in older adults? - ✔✔False


True or false: lung vital capacity tends to decline as people age - ✔✔True


People over ____ years old are considered older adults. - ✔✔65


What is age range for "young old"? - ✔✔65-74


What is age range for middle old? - ✔✔75-84


What is age for old old? - ✔✔85 and older


True or false: People tend to become more religious as they age - ✔✔true


True or false: The majority of older adults say they are seldom irritated or angry - ✔✔true


In the United States, currently 1 in ___ people are older adults - ✔✔7


Which group is the fastest growing of the older population in much of the world? - ✔✔oldest old


True or false: The majority of older adults stay in their homes and do not move into LTC facilities -

✔✔True


True or false: almost half of women 75 and older live alone - ✔✔true


Highest poverty rates were found for older ____ ___ living alone. - ✔✔Hispanic women


True or false: older adults take longer to learn something new - ✔✔true




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, What are 5 most common health conditions for older adults? - ✔✔hypertension; arthritis; heart disease;

cancer; diabetes


What percent of older adults are working? - ✔✔19


Older adults make up ___ percent of the workforce - ✔✔5


True or false: older adults have fewer accidents per driver than those under age 65 - ✔✔true


What impacts how people view and experience getting old? - ✔✔culture; gender; resources; living

situation; cohort effects; health; personality; education


What is the process by which the capacity for cell division and capacity for growth and function is lost

over time, ultimately leading to death called? - ✔✔senescence


True or false: There is nothing positive about senescence - ✔✔True (changes are degenerative)


What are four ways age can be defined? - ✔✔chronological; biological; psychological; social


What type of aging is length of time lived? - ✔✔chronological


True or false: chronological age is a good measure of functional age? - ✔✔False (people go through

changes at different times and rates)


What type of aging looks at individual's aging compared to the norm? - ✔✔Biological


True or false: there is a consensus on how to measure biological age - ✔✔false


What type of aging looks at person's mental and cognitive capabilities, including things like learning,

memory and perception? - ✔✔Psychological


What type of aging is what a society deems appropriate for a person to do? - ✔✔Social


What are two categories of theories of aging? - ✔✔random; programmed



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