Introduction to Sociology 2eSection Quiz
In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.
are mistreated less
live a few years longer
suffer fewer health problems
deal with issues of aging better
America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except:
Social Security's vulnerability
improved medical technology
Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt
rising Medicare budgets
The measure that compares the number of men to women in a population is ______.
The "graying of the United States" refers to ________.
the increasing percentage of the population over sixty-five years old
faster aging due to stress
dissatisfaction with retirement plans
increased health problems such as Alzheimer's
What is the approximate median age of the United States?
eighty-five
thirty-seven
Thanatology is the study of _____.
In Erik Erikson's developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?
Overcoming despair to achieve integrity
Overcoming role confusion to achieve identity
Overcoming isolation to achieve intimacy
Overcoming shame to achieve autonomy
Who wrote the book On Death and Dying, outlining the five stages of grief?
Ignatz Nascher
Erik Erikson
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is ________.
the average age they will die
the lessons they must learn
the length of a typical bereavement period
the typical sequence of events in their lives
In the United States, life expectancy rates in recent decades have ______.
continued to gradually rise
gone up and down due to global issues such as military conflicts
lowered as healthcare improves
stayed the same since the mid-1960s
Today in the United States the poverty rate of the elderly is ______.
lower than at any point in history
the same as that of the general population
Which action reflects ageism?
Enabling WWII veterans to visit war memorials
Speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age sixty-five years old
Believing that older people drive too slowly
Living in a culture where elders are respected
Which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?
Bereavement due to widowhood
Having been abusive as a younger adult
Being frail to the point of dependency on care
The ability to bestow a large inheritance on survivors
If elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by ______.
Veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military.
be a victim of elder abuse
commit suicide
be concerned about financial stresses
be abusive toward care providers
Which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective?
Men view balding as representative of a loss of strength.
Men tend to have better retirement plans than women.
Men have life expectancies three to five years shorter than women.
Men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.
An older woman retires and completely changes her life. She is no longer raising children or working. However, she joins the YWCA to swim every day. She serves on the Friends of the Library board. She is part of a neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Saturday nights. Her situation most closely illustrates the ______ theory.
gerotranscendence
An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _______ theory.
What is the primary driver of modernization theory?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act counteracts which theory?
Age stratification
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