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Gerontology Final Exam Questions And
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All of the following are used to define age with the exception of: - Answer✔Cohort Age
Which of the following is an example of implicit ageism? - Answer✔Not hiring a potential
employee because she had some gray hairs visible at the interview
Which of the following is NOT an example of senescence? - Answer✔Memory Impairments
Gerontologist define a "cohort" as - Answer✔An aggregate of individuals who experience the
same event within the same event within the same time interval
Gerontology is the scientific study of the ____________ aspects of aging - Answer✔Biological,
psychological and social
America's healthcare system is biased toward aging because it focuses on treatment of chronic
conditions more than acute conditions - Answer✔False
Who did articles say was an anomaly and died of poisoning by execution not of old age? -
Answer✔Socrates
Viewing aging as a positive thing can lengthen the number of years of life more than just having
low blood pressure, good cholesterol levels, low body-mass index, not smoking, and getting
regular exercise. - Answer✔True
How a person thinks about their own aging can ultimately affect how long they live. -
Answer✔True
Which famous person said, "It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged, they have been
over the road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is
easy and level." - Answer✔Plato
One author states that successful aging in today's culture is equated with inter-generational
housing options - Answer✔False
The tendency to discourage the elderly from taking risks is also a form of ageism -
Answer✔True
The theory of senescence would argue that death is part of the process of natural selection -
Answer✔True
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Social gerontology is a sub-field of gerontology, concerned primarily with the physiological
changes brought on by age - Answer✔False
_________ is the greatest number of years any member of a species has been known to survive -
Answer✔Life span
Most recent immigrants to the US can trace their ancestry to: - Answer✔Asia and Latin America
Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of the Echo Boomers? -
Answer✔Members of this cohort were born between 1964 and 1979
The fastest growing segment of the aging population is: - Answer✔oldest old (85 and over)
____________ is the study of population processes - fertility, mortality, and migration. -
Answer✔Demography
If you wanted to market a product to African American Baby Boomers, who would be best to
network with so that you message got to the target population? - Answer✔Not the men of the
household - dont have the right answer
Which state in the US reached the majority- minority milestone first in 2015? -
Answer✔California
Which of the following suggestions did an author give to policymakers that could improve the
outlook for the future in the US? - Answer✔Work to reduce the gaps in education, employment
and earning of younger workers.
In the 1900s young immigrants entered the United States through Boston Harbor -
Answer✔False
Birth rate is the average number of births per generation - Answer✔False
A supercentenarian is the term used for anyone over the age of 100 - Answer✔True
The census bureau makes a national count of the population every five years - Answer✔False
According to the Guinness Book of World Records video, a women from Italy is the title holder
for oldest person - Answer✔False
According to the Activity theory: - Answer✔successful aging is active aging
A theory is: - Answer✔a broad explanation that provides the structure for organizing and
interpreting multiple observable facts and their relationship to one another
The first practitioners of social gerontology were - Answer✔Developmental psychologists
The feminist theory of aging notes that: - Answer✔men and women experience aging differently
because of the organization of social structure and gendered social definition of reality
Other people are likley to form a subculture because - Answer✔They are isolated from young
people and share common experiences with older people
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Gerontology Final Exam Questions And
Answers 100% Pass.
All of the following are used to define age with the exception of: - Answer✔Cohort Age
Which of the following is an example of implicit ageism? - Answer✔Not hiring a potential
employee because she had some gray hairs visible at the interview
Which of the following is NOT an example of senescence? - Answer✔Memory Impairments
Gerontologist define a "cohort" as - Answer✔An aggregate of individuals who experience the
same event within the same event within the same time interval
Gerontology is the scientific study of the ____________ aspects of aging - Answer✔Biological,
psychological and social
America's healthcare system is biased toward aging because it focuses on treatment of chronic
conditions more than acute conditions - Answer✔False
Who did articles say was an anomaly and died of poisoning by execution not of old age? -
Answer✔Socrates
Viewing aging as a positive thing can lengthen the number of years of life more than just having
low blood pressure, good cholesterol levels, low body-mass index, not smoking, and getting
regular exercise. - Answer✔True
How a person thinks about their own aging can ultimately affect how long they live. -
Answer✔True
Which famous person said, "It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged, they have been
over the road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is
easy and level." - Answer✔Plato
One author states that successful aging in today's culture is equated with inter-generational
housing options - Answer✔False
The tendency to discourage the elderly from taking risks is also a form of ageism -
Answer✔True
The theory of senescence would argue that death is part of the process of natural selection -
Answer✔True
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Social gerontology is a sub-field of gerontology, concerned primarily with the physiological
changes brought on by age - Answer✔False
_________ is the greatest number of years any member of a species has been known to survive -
Answer✔Life span
Most recent immigrants to the US can trace their ancestry to: - Answer✔Asia and Latin America
Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of the Echo Boomers? -
Answer✔Members of this cohort were born between 1964 and 1979
The fastest growing segment of the aging population is: - Answer✔oldest old (85 and over)
____________ is the study of population processes - fertility, mortality, and migration. -
Answer✔Demography
If you wanted to market a product to African American Baby Boomers, who would be best to
network with so that you message got to the target population? - Answer✔Not the men of the
household - dont have the right answer
Which state in the US reached the majority- minority milestone first in 2015? -
Answer✔California
Which of the following suggestions did an author give to policymakers that could improve the
outlook for the future in the US? - Answer✔Work to reduce the gaps in education, employment
and earning of younger workers.
In the 1900s young immigrants entered the United States through Boston Harbor -
Answer✔False
Birth rate is the average number of births per generation - Answer✔False
A supercentenarian is the term used for anyone over the age of 100 - Answer✔True
The census bureau makes a national count of the population every five years - Answer✔False
According to the Guinness Book of World Records video, a women from Italy is the title holder
for oldest person - Answer✔False
According to the Activity theory: - Answer✔successful aging is active aging
A theory is: - Answer✔a broad explanation that provides the structure for organizing and
interpreting multiple observable facts and their relationship to one another
The first practitioners of social gerontology were - Answer✔Developmental psychologists
The feminist theory of aging notes that: - Answer✔men and women experience aging differently
because of the organization of social structure and gendered social definition of reality
Other people are likley to form a subculture because - Answer✔They are isolated from young
people and share common experiences with older people
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