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Gerontology Final Exam Study Guide
Solutions
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
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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
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
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Gerontology Final Exam Study Guide
Solutions
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
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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
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
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