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Course Introduction
Aging and Society examines the process of aging from multiple perspectives, exploring how demographic, cultural, economic, and policy factors shape experiences of later life. The course analyzes the biological, psychological, and social dimensions of aging, considering issues such as health, family relationships, work and retirement, social support, and the societal impacts of an aging population. Students will engage with current research, policy debates, and global trends, gaining a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities related to aging in diverse social contexts.
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Aging the Individual and Society 9th Edition by Susan M. Hillier
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Chapter 1: Aging in America
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Q1) Recent research indicates that genes account for about _______ of our longevity.
A) one-fourth
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) two-thirds
Answer: A
Q2) Among the Puritans in early Judeo-Christian America,long life was believed to be the result of God's favor.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Men have higher death rates from all causes except A) heart disease.
B) diabetes.
C) cancer.
D) suicide.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Stereotypes and Images
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Q1) All of the following are true about television advertising EXCEPT
A) it tells us that aging is ugly and lonely.
B) it instills a fear of aging or capitalizes on existing fears.
C) it implies the elderly are preoccupied with irregularity, constipation, and sexual performance.
D) television consumers in their 50s and 60s respond best to an actor who is about the same age.
Answer: D
Q2) Children exhibit ageist language by age three.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Media Watch Task Force is associated with which highly known aging activist group?
A) AARP.
B) Medicare.
C) Gray Panthers.
D) Senior Source.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Social and Psychological Theories in Later Life Development
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Q1) Each of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development involve positive or negative resolution of
A) a developmental task or challenge.
B) an unconscious desire.
C) a moral dilemma.
D) an instinctual crisis.
Answer: A
Q2) Current research regarding the midlife crisis indicates
A) it is inevitable for virtually all men and women.
B) if it occurs, it does so between the ages of 35 and 40, seldom later.
C) the midlife experience is more a normal life transition than a crisis.
D) the midlife crisis is a female, not a male, phenomenon.
Answer: C
Q3) A metaphor is a figure of speech and cannot give descriptions of theories.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Physical Health and Well Being
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Q1) A recent study of elders with cancer showed cancer substantially reduced their physical function.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Coronary disease results in deficient blood supply to the heart.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Acute diseases decline with age.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Damage theories are based on the idea that
A) individuals damage cells by environmental factors.
B) aging is the result of accumulated errors.
C) aging is driven by genetics.
D) muscle damage from excessive exercise causes premature aging.
Q5) Why is exercise important for the elderly? What kind of exercise helps the elderly?
Q6) What is the relationship between coronary heart disease,atheroschlerosis,hypertension,thrombosis,and excess body fat? What factors are thought to lead of these conditions?
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Chapter 5: Mental Health
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Q1) Working memory refers to
A) registering sensory information.
B) remembering the details of everyday life.
C) processing of sensory stimuli to give meaning and transfer to long term storage.
D) stored facts and words learned in the past.
Q2) The Wechsler Adult Intelligence test
A) emphasizes skills of everyday problem solving.
B) compensates for increasing age.
C) consists of open-ended questions to which respondents write essay answers.
D) has seldom been used in clinical settings.
Q3) Memory starts out as a thought of recall.
A)True
B)False
Q4) T.O.T.stands for Top of the Tongue Syndrome
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the effects of Alzheimer's disease through the progressive course of the disease.
Q6) What factors hinder adequate care of America's mentally ill elderly?
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Chapter 6: Friends,family,and Community
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Q1) A person's confidant in life is typically a close friend,not a family member.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Studies of convoys found
A) those of the elderly average about five members.
B) men usually dominate.
C) some people drop out and others join the convoy after it has begun.
D) members of convoys stay virtually the same throughout life.
Q3) Reasons grandparents become parents to grandchildren,according to the text include all of the following EXCEPT
A) parents' drug abuse or mental health problems.
B) parents' divorce.
C) grandparents request to be the parent of the children.
D) parents' death.
Q4) A person's relationship with siblings is likely to be the longest relationship in an individual's life.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why are women the keepers of elders' social networks?
Q6) Explain the differences in social organizations and senior centers.
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Chapter 7: Intimacy and Sexuality
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Q1) Ascribed relationships are chosen networks and non-kin relations.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The silent generation is the last modern generation to respect the authority of American institutions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following illustrates gender differences upon the loss of a spouse?
A) Males become more aware and appreciative of friends and relationships.
B) Males are more likely than females to be "in search of themselves."
C) Females are more likely than males to be "in search of others."
D) Females become less confident and more dependent.
Q4) Research indicates which of the following regarding widowhood?
A) Widowhood increases contact between siblings.
B) Friends can offer useful support by not trying to speed recovery and a new identity for the recent widow.
C) Most widows do not lean heavily on anyone for managing basic tasks of daily living until they are in advanced age or poor health.
D) Independence and self-sufficiency will not cause social isolation.
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Chapter 8: Work and Leisure
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Q1) Which of the following types of retirement is most likely to involve lengthy,daily exposure to television?
A) Withdrawal
B) Leisure retirement
C) Acceptance retirement
D) Protest retirement
Q2) The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act prohibits employers from forcing early retirement and receiving a deduction in pension.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to your text,Social Security would be more likely to stabilize if
A) more people retired early at lower benefits.
B) young people join the work force sooner.
C) older workers stay on the job longer.
D) most people retire at age 65.
Q4) Women's earnings peak at ages ________.
A) 25 to 34
B) 35 to 44
C) 45 to 54
D) 55 to 64
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Chapter 9: Finances and Lifestyles
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Q1) A study of homeless in the Bowery skid-row area of New York found
A) most lived on the street.
B) most had only recently arrived in New York City.
C) over half had lived at their current skid-row address less than 6 months.
D) about half had been living on the streets for 3 years.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a factor contributing to the predicted bankruptcy of the Social Security system?
A) Social Security is a trust fund.
B) the baby-boomer generation will be retiring.
C) people are living longer.
D) women have been having more children since the 1960s.
Q3) An income tax levied on higher income Social Security beneficiaries affects the more well-to-do who invest in dividend stocks.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The poverty rate is highest for which of the following categories of elders?
A) elders living in metropolitan areas
B) white women over 75 years of age
C) Hispanics living alone
D) African American women
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Chapter 10: Living Environments
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Q1) Most nursing home residents come to the facility from
A) their own home.
B) the home of an adult child.
C) an assisted living facility.
D) a medical hospital.
Q2) Older homeowners spend a larger percentage of their income on house maintenance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The reason(s)many older adults downsize include(s)
A) the family's request.
B) upkeep is easier and taxes are lower.
C) pressure from neighborhood.
D) death of a spouse.
Q4) Describe the various housing options outside of nursing homes for the elderly and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Q5) A board and care facility,in contrast to an assisted living facility,offers
A) self-contained housing units.
B) in-home health care and assistance.
C) daytime health services and activities but no overnight accommodations.
D) a bedroom in a private home.
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Chapter 11: The Oldest Old and Caregiving
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Q1) Time with pets has been shown to reduce loneliness in the elderly more if they are alone with the pet than if other people are present.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When asked the question,"If an old man has a medical bill of $1,000 that he cannot pay,his son or daughter is morally obligated to pay the debt," older generations were more likely to agree than younger generations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What policies,benefits,and services could businesses offer to help employees who are home caregivers for frail elderly?
Q4) Most elderly live in separate households with little contact with their extended families.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Men 75 and older are more likely to be married than oldest old women.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why is parental caregiving so difficult for middle-age daughters?
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Chapter 12: Special Problems
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Q1) Most individuals who are court appointed guardians steal from the person they are looking after.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Elderly shoplifters are most likely to be
A) white males.
B) white females.
C) African American males.
D) African American females.
Q3) Why are suicide rates so high among the elderly in the United States and so many other industrial nations?
Q4) Suicide rates throughout the world are generally higher for people over 65 years of age.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The psychological effects of the fear of being a victim results in older adults
A) not wanting to speak with strangers.
B) not wanting to leave their homes.
C) only going to familiar places.
D) refusing to make new friends.
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Chapter 13: Women and Ethnic Groups
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Q1) Which statement is true regarding African American elders?
A) They are more likely to live in high crime areas and less likely to report it.
B) They have a lesser rate of fear of being victimized.
C) They feel less alienated.
D) They have a more difficult time with the hardships of the aging process.
Q2) The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 made the Chinese immigrants illegals.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the double standard of aging,
A) men are viewed as less virile or sexually attractive after the age of 40.
B) after the age 65, women are judged by a different standard of beauty than they were before the age of 65.
C) the standard of aging for a women progressively destroys her self-worth, whereas it is less wounding for men.
D) both men and women are viewed as less physically attractive and sexually desirable as they age.
Q4) Poor African Americans outnumber the African American middle-class.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Death and Dying
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Q1) What are the arguments for and against physician assisted suicide?
Q2) Nearly ______ percent of all Americans will have a "managed death" in a hospital or skilled nursing facility that can lengthen life for up to several years through medical and nursing interventions.
A) 60
B) 70
C) 80
D) 90
Q3) Most bereaved persons tend to recover within a ________ year period.
A) one
B) two
C) five
D) ten
Q4) Regarding dying and the level of pain,most people
A) begin to experience deteriorating health years before they are close to death.
B) are in poor health a year before they die.
C) die relatively painless deaths.
D) die in a great deal of pain.
Q5) What are the requirements for information consent to treatment?
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Chapter 15: Politics, policies, and Programs
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Q1) The youngest national office holders in the U.S.have generally been
A) Presidents.
B) members of Congress.
C) Supreme Court justices.
D) cabinet members and ambassadors.
Q2) The Gray Panthers are against individuals with HIV/AIDS.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The major portion of funds from the Older Americans Act (OAA)is devoted to all of the following EXCEPT
A) group meals.
B) senior centers.
C) research and education on the aging.
D) transportation programs.
Q4) The Gray Panthers is a politically conservative organization that advocates privatization of Social Security.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the Foster Grandparents Program and who funds it.
Q6) Explain both sides of the generational equity debate.Where do you stand?
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