RST 230 Midterm 2 latest questions and answers all are correct graded A+
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Course
RST 230
Institution
RST 230
Physical changes related to aging - ️️sensory system, musculoskeletal system,
cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and nervous system
sensory system - ️️- smell, hearing, vision, touch, taste
- contain party effect: inability to distinguish background sound from foreground
musculo...
RST 230 Midterm 2
Physical changes related to aging - ✔️✔️sensory system, musculoskeletal system,
cardiovascular system, respiratory system, and nervous system
sensory system - ✔️✔️- smell, hearing, vision, touch, taste
- contain party effect: inability to distinguish background sound from foreground
musculoskeletal system - ✔️✔️- bones, muscles, ligaments, cartilage, and tendons
- elasticity of connective tissues declines
- bones lose calcium (osteoporosis)
- decline in muscle mass and strength
Defining poverty (census definition) - ✔️✔️the census bureau uses a set of money
income thresholds that vary by family size and composition (ages of family members) to
determine who is in poverty. If a family's total income is less than that of a family's
threshold, then that family and every individual in it is considered in poverty.
- does NOT vary geographically
- depends on size of family (fam of 4 is different than 2)
Defining poverty (relative poverty) - ✔️✔️- rank-order all the people in the community
based on their income and draw line at 10-20%, everyone below line is considered poor
- poor person is someone who cannot afford to sustain a standard of living up to
community standards
# Poverty rates in the US - ✔️✔️**2015 data**
- 13.5% (43.1 million) people in poverty
- $24,257 (fam of 4) & $15,391 (fam of 2)
Spatial distribution of poverty in the US - ✔️✔️areas of highest poverty: southeast,
along Mississippi River, magnet states, US/Mexico border, 4 corners, Appalachian
Mountains, and Alaska
**b/c high minority populations in these areas
Forced leisure - ✔️✔️no choice (ex: laid off of job)
true leisure - ✔️✔️choice (ex: going on a cruise)
, benefits of leisure of the unemployed - ✔️✔️- time to experiment with other fields and
opportunities
- counteract depression
- meet people (social networking)
- health
# homelessness rates in the US - ✔️✔️less than 1% of the population
**probably more, but it's impossible to know exact number of homeless people
reasons for homelessness - ✔️✔️- loss of job
- can't keep up with finances (bad financial choices, children, medical bills)
characteristics of homeless people (who are the people who are homeless?) - ✔️✔️-
largest = single men
- fastest growing = families with children
- veterans, substance abusers, single men, families with children, women from abuse,
and runaways
stage 1: marginally homeless - ✔️✔️- rely on family members
- near or below poverty line
- rely on services for homeless
stage 2: recently homeless - ✔️✔️- without home for less than a year
- see situation as temporary
- hope of finding job/home
stage 3: chronically homeless - ✔️✔️- live on street or outside
- substance and alcohol
- hygiene problems
- physical and mental disabilities
- broken mental state
- don't want to live in shelters
The Underclass - ✔️✔️- the poor on social assistance
- long term chronically unemployed
- homeless
Three types of capital - ✔️✔️Economic, social, and cultural
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