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1. Dismissinganolderperson'saccountoftheirphysicalachesandpainsbysaying"Whatdoyouexpectforsomeoneyou
rage?"isaformof
a. ageism. b.gerontology.
c.life-spanperspective. d.ageeffects.


ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:ADaA.CAVA.15.01.01-Whatisgerontology?
Howdoesageismrelatetostereotypesinaging?
KEYWORDS: Applied



2. Thecohortofindividualsbornbetweentheyears1946and1964are,onaverage,
a. themostactiveandhealthiestgenerationtoreacholdageinhistory.
b. mostlikelytobeunemployedduringtheretirementyears.
c. morelikelytoexperienceageismthananyothercohortinhistory.
d. mostlikelytobeinpoorhealthinolderage.


ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:ADaA.CAVA.15.01.01-Whatisgerontology?
Howdoesageismrelatetostereotypesinaging?
KEYWORDS: Conceptual



3. Amanagerofadepartmentstoretriestoavoidhiringpeopleovertheageof65becausehebelievestheycannothandlet
hestressandthattheytakelongertolearnthejobthanpeoplewhoareyounger.Thebeliefofthemanagerisknownas
a. contextualism. b.socialization.
c.ageism. d.dysthmia.


ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:ADaA.CAVA.15.01.01-Whatisgerontology?
Howdoesageismrelatetostereotypesinaging?
KEYWORDS: Applied



4. Gerontologyis
a. thesamethingasageism.
b. thestudyofprejudiceanddiscriminationtowardstheelderly.
c. thestudyofaging.
d. thestudyofhowchronicillnessesprogressovertime.

,ANSWER: c

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES:ADaA.CAVA.15.01.01-Whatisgerontology?
Howdoesageismrelatetostereotypesinaging?
KEYWORDS: Conceptual

,5. Akeypremiseofthelife-spanperspectiveisthat
a. biologicalchangesarethemostimportant.
b. eventsthathappeninoldagearemoreimportantthanearlierexperiences.
c. socialchangesarethemostimportant.
d. agingisalifelongprocessthatbeginsatconceptionandendsatdeath.


ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: ADaA.CAVA.15.01.02-Whatisthelife-spanperspective?

KEYWORDS: Conceptual



6. Multidirectionalityrefersto
a. developmentandaginginvolvingbothdeclineandgrowth.
b. theabilitytochangeandimproveabilitiesovertimeandwithdevelopment.
c. thefactthateachofusisaffectedbyavarietyoffactors,bothpositiveandnegative.
d. ourdifferingculturalbackgrounds.


ANSWER: a

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: ADaA.CAVA.15.01.02-Whatisthelife-spanperspective?

KEYWORDS: Conceptual



7. Plasticityrefersto
a. developmentandaginginvolvingbothdeclineandgrowth.
b. theabilitytochangeandimproveabilitiesovertimeandwithdevelopment.
c. thefactthateachofusisaffectedbyavarietyoffactors,bothpositiveandnegative.
d. ourdifferingculturalbackgrounds.


ANSWER: b

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: ADaA.CAVA.15.01.02-Whatisthelife-spanperspective?

KEYWORDS: Conceptual



8. Understandingthatdevelopmentisshapedbybiological,psychological,sociocultural,andlife-
cycleforcesdefineswhichfeatureofthelife-spanperspective?
a. multidirectionality
b. plasticity
c. historicalcontext

, d. multiplecausation


ANSWER: d

REFERENCES: PerspectivesonAdultDevelopmentandAging

LEARNINGOBJECTIVES: ADaA.CAVA.15.01.02-Whatisthelife-spanperspective?

KEYWORDS: Conceptual
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