BBH 315 Exam 3| 273 Questions| With Complete Solutions

Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Physical and Cognitive Changes correct answer: -skin- wrinkles and spots -hair- thins and grays -fingernails and toenails thicken -height dec -body fat inc -muscle mass and strength dec -bone density dec -vision and hearing decline -lung capacity declines -sleep problems increase -immune function declines -testosterone, estrogen decline -risk increases for HBP, HCL, and CVD, along with many other diseases -cognitive function increases, stabilizes, or declines Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions correct answer: -changes in social relationships -changes in paid work -changes in unpaid work Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Social Relationships correct answer: -Marital status -Social support -Linked with enhanced help Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Links with Enhanced Help correct answer: -Children in intact families -Married couples -Older adults with support they count on -Health-related decision-making improved with more social relationships Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Durkheim (1901) correct answer: -Social relationships associated with suicide Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Cassel (1976) correct answer: -Stress linked to health via host resistance Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Two factors hypothesized as particularly important correct answer: -coping capacity -social support Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Aspects of Psychosocial Environment correct answer: -For example, marital dysfunction may cause stress that dysregulates wound healing, causes inflammatory, immune, and endocrine changes that are, in turn, associated with disability -Patterns may differ for women vs. men Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Median Age at First Marriage Trend correct answer: -women's age has inc throughout the years at time of first marriage -blacks marry at youngest age, then hispanic, then white Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Social Relationships: Marriage as Obsolete correct answer: -people who think this: -mostly in younger people -mostly in where both husband and wife take care of the home Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work correct answer: -Employment -Retirement Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Labor Work Gender Trend correct answer: -men- dec throughout years (but still always higher than women) -women- inc throughout years Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Labor Work Race Trend correct answer: -highest in hispanics -then asians -then whites -then blacks --> all inc throughout the years Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Labor Work Age Trend correct answer: -highest 25-54 years Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Women Labor Work Earnings Trend (compared to men) correct answer: -highest in 16-19 and 20-24 Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Gender Gap in Income correct answer: -On average, women continue to earn less money than men: ~77-82 cents for every $1 men earn -Even excluding part-time workers -Across all groups: White, African American, Asian, and Latina -At every level of education -2012: one year out from college graduation, women grads earn 82 cents for every $1 male college grads earn -Pension coverage also disproportionately lacking Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Paid Work: Women's Median Weekly Earnings by Race and Education correct answer: -highest for asians with advanced degree -then white -then black -then hispanic Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Unpaid Work correct answer: -Housework -Empty nests -Caregiving Gender and Health in Midlife and Older Age: Key Life Transitions: Changes in Unpaid Work: Housework correct answer: -The largest gender difference in division of labor occurs in married individuals: