Intro to Gerontology Exam Questions And Answers 100% Pass.
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Intro to Gerontology Exam Questions And
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The majority of people over the age of 65 are in good health - Answertrue
what you do now (diet, exercise, stress, smoking, drinking, and other lifestyle factors) has a large
impact on how well one ages - Answertrue
stress can cause so...
Intro to Gerontology Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Pass.
The majority of people over the age of 65 are in good health - Answer✔true
what you do now (diet, exercise, stress, smoking, drinking, and other lifestyle factors) has a large
impact on how well one ages - Answer✔true
stress can cause someone to exhibit the traits of a person much older - Answer✔true
in the united states, more men survive to old age than women - Answer✔false
erikson described different late-life transitions for men and women as gender splitting -
Answer✔false
some genes that code for late-life diseases (like alzhiemers or cancer) may have had positive
benefits in early life - Answer✔true
gerontologists study aging at an individual and population level - Answer✔true
personality change is a part of normal aging, just like gray hair and wrinkled skin -
Answer✔false
job performance peaks in early adulthood, regardless of the profession - Answer✔false
antioxidants may help to slow the progression of alzheimers disease - Answer✔true
findings for the maas-kuypers study indicate that a positive personality is possible in spite of
childhood trauma - Answer✔true
lung cancer is the most common form of cancer among women - Answer✔false
sigmund freud believed that our psychological development is complete by the time we reach
age 10 - Answer✔true
average life span varies across the world due to factors such as economic development -
Answer✔true
ageism increases when society accepts negative stereotypes as true - Answer✔true
older adults had lower social status in the 1800s as compared to today - Answer✔true
detroit syndrome describes the practice of employers replacing older workers instead of
retraining them - Answer✔true
the generation of americans born between 1946 and 1964 has been described as the baby boom
generation - Answer✔true
according to the norm of reciprocity, society expects us to maintain balance in many of our
relationships - Answer✔true
ageism can oppress any age group, young or old - Answer✔true
gerontology is which of the following - Answer✔all of the above; the scientific study of aging,
the study of the elderly as a special population, multidisciplinary, a "new" field beginning in the
1950s
lifestyle, heredity (genetics), environment, and medical care are all factors that influence a
person's longevity. how much (%) can we attribute lifestyle and heredity to our longevity? -
Answer✔50% lifestyle and 20% heredity
social security was first developed by otto von bismarck in this country - Answer✔germany
embracing the values of society, a behavioral pattern in young adulthood, is known as -
Answer✔acculturation
in developed countries such as the united states, the legal definition of "old" is considered to be
this age - Answer✔65
this documentary explores the experiences of living and working in a long term care facility
(nursing home and assisted living facility) - Answer✔"almost home"
society's expectation that we grant some favors without expecting a reward (such as assistance to
a frail elder) is known as - Answer✔norm of beneficence
the most common form of cancer for men is - Answer✔prostate cancer
gradual loss of bone mass density, beginning in midlife is known as - Answer✔osteoporosis
poverty and low status may cause someone to act out against an older family member, according
to this explanation - Answer✔frustration-aggression hypothesis
the most frequently used measure of well-being in social gerontology is the - Answer✔life
satisfaction index
the sociologist who developed activity theory - Answer✔robert havighurst
the psychologist who developed the concept of the psyche - Answer✔carl jung
tai chi is - Answer✔all of the above; based on martial arts, is used by physical therapists for falls
prevention, promotes strength, balance, and flexibility, has a spiritual component
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