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1 :kDefinekthektermk“criticalkgerontology.”kExplainkthekconcept,kandklistkthekfourkthemeskork“c
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icalkapproacheskthatklookkwithinktheorykandkresearchktokcriticallykexaminekandkquestionkthekunderly
ingkandktaken-for-
grantedkassumptionskaboutkaging.kThiskmeanskthatktherekiskmorektokagingkthankwekknowkorkassume
ktokknow.kThekfourkthemeskinvolvedkinkcriticalkgerontologykare:1.kageingkandkpoliticskofkredistributio
n2.kgenderkandkageing3.kageing,kidentity,kandkpostmodernism4.kageingkandksurveillance
2 :kWhatkisk“agekstratificationktheory”?kDiscusskthekadvantageskandkdisadvantageskofkthisktheorykof
kaging.
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edkthekagingkandksocietykparadigm.kThisktheorykfocuseskonkthekmovementkofkagekcohortskoverkthekl
ifekcoursekandkonk“thekrolekofksocialkstructureskinkthekprocesskofkindividualkagingkandkthekstratificati
onkbykagekinktheksociety.”kAccordingktokagekstratificationktheory,kpeoplekinkeachkcohortkmovekorkflow
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eskaskpeoplekage,ksoktheknormskandkrolesklearnedkbykeachknewkcohortkchangeskasksocietykchange
s.Advantages:1.kThekagekstratificationktheorykhaskhelpedktokseparatekagekdifferencesk(betweenkco
horts)kfromkagekchangeskoverktheklifekcoursek(aging).2.kItkhighlightskthekimpactkofkhistoricalkandksoc
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re.Disadvantages:1.kPeoplekofktheksamekagekdoknotkallkexperiencekthekworldkinktheksamekway.2.kT
hekagekstratificationktheorykoverlookskeachkperson’skinterpretationkofkthekworld.3.kItkmakesklittlekref
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onflictskbetweenksocialkgroupskinksocietykorktokissueskofkpower.5.kTherekisklittlekfocuskonkhowkchara
cteristicsksuchkaskgender,ksocialkclass,kracekandkethnicitykcreatekinequalitieskwithinkagekcohorts.
3 :kDescribekwhatkiskmeantkbykthektermk“riskksociety”kaskdefinedkbykMarshallkandkBengtonk(2
011).
CorrectkAnswerk:kStudentkanswerskshouldkincludekthekfollowing:Therekarekcertainkinherentkriskskin
klife.kAnkexamplekwouldkbekthekgreatkrecessionkof k2008.kThekrecessionkdemonstratedkthekuncertai
ntieskthatkcankbekexpectedkinkmodernklifekwhenktherekiskakcrashkofkeconomicksystemskaroundkthek
world.kThekriskksocietykiskonekinkwhichksocialkinstitutionskprovideklessk“insurance”kagainstkthekvicis
situdeskofklife,ksuchkaskjobklosskorklosskofkone’skhealth,kandkindividualskarekexpectedktokassumekre
sponsibilityktoknavigatekthesekrisks.”
4 :kBasedkonkthekkindskofkstudieskdescribedkinkthektext,kdescribekonekqualitativekandkonekquanti
tativekmethodologykthatkresearcherskmightkusektokstudykhealthcarekneedskinkCanadianksociety.
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icalkstrategiesktokseekhowkmostkseniorskusekhealthcarekserviceskinkaksnapshotkperiodkofktime?kRes
earcherskmightkusekcohortkstudiesktokseekhowkhistoricalkeventskorkhealthcarekpolicieskaffectedkaklar
gekgroupkofkpeoplekwhokwerekbornkaroundktheksamektime?kResearcherskmightkusekquantitativeksur
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rykinformedkconsentkduektokcognitivekdeclines?kThekneedktokseekkinformedkconsentkfromkparticipa
nts’kchildrenkorkcaregivers?kThekimportancekofkminimizingkharmkorkembarrassmentktokthekstudykpa
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6 :kInk1980,kthekGerontologicalkSocietyksurveyedk111kscholarsktokestablishkakcorekprogramkforkth
ekfieldkofkgerontology.kThoughkthekexpertskdisagreedkasktokthekcontentkandkboundarieskofkthekfield
,kwhichkofkthekfollowingkitemskdidkthekscholarskcollectivelykbelieve?
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Bk:kTheksocioeconomic-
environmentalkaspectskofkagingkshouldkbekthekmainkfocuskofkcourseskatkthekintroductoryklevel.
Ck:kAkconsensuskonkthekdefinitionkmustkbekreachedkbeforekgerontologykcankgrowkaskakdiscipline.
Dk:kAkcomprehensivekprogramkwouldkbekdifficultktokconstructkbecausekofkproblemskinkdecidingkwhatkaspectskofka
gingkarekthekmostkimportant.
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7 :kWhichkareakofkstudykinkgerontologykexamineskthekphysiologicalkandkhealthkchangeskthatko
ccurkaskpeoplekage?
Ak:kphysio-environmentalkstudies
Bk:kcohortkmedicalkstudies
Ck:kpsycho-physiologicalkstudies
Dk:kbiomedicalkstudies
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8 :kWhichkofkthekfollowingkwouldkbekankexamplekofkakpsychosocialkstudykinkgerontology?kAk
:kformalksocialksupports
Bk:kcauseskofkdementia
Ck:krelationshipskbetweenkindividualskandkgroups
Dk:keffectskofkhealthcareksystems
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9 :kGeorgekiskconductingkresearchkaboutkthekeffectskofkagingkonkthekeducationalkstructurekaskwellkas
kthekeffectskofksocialkstructureskonkolderkpeople.kWhichkareakofkgerontologykiskhekstudying?
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Bk:kpsychosocialkstudiesk
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12 :kWhykdoksocialkgerontologistskexaminekthekbiologicalkandkphysicalkchangeskthatkoccurkinkoldka
ge?
Ak:ktokadaptkthekresearchkobtainedktoktheirkfieldkofkstudy
Bk:ktokstudykthekrelationshipkbetweenkbiologicalkagingkandkpersonalkrelationships
Ck:ktokseekhowkthekchangeskaffectkthekindividualkorksocietykaskakwhole
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Ak:kstatisticskandkdemographics
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Ck:ktheories
Dk:kfocuskgroups
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14 :kHowkiskaktheorykdeemedktokbekakvaluablektoolkforkakresearcher?kAk
:kItkgiveskconcretekandkfinalkanswersktokquestions.
Bk:kItkprovideskpracticalkinformationkforkthekdevelopmentkofksocialkprogramskandkinterventions.
Ck:kItkprovideskessentialktrivialkinformationkaboutkaging.
Dk:kItkexplainskallkthekfactskaboutkaging.
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nefitskofktheorykdescribedkinkthektext?
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Bk:kprovidingkpracticalkinformationkforkdevelopingkinterventionskandkprograms
Ck:kpredictingkfuturekoutcomes
Dk:kdescribingkallkaspectskofkhumankbehaviourkandkrequiringknokfurtherkresearch
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1 :kDefinekthektermk“criticalkgerontology.”kExplainkthekconcept,kandklistkthekfourkthemeskork“c
onceptualktools”kthatkformkthekbasiskofkcriticalkgerontology.
CorrectkAnswerk:kStudentkanswerskshouldkincludekthekfollowing:Criticalkgerontologykarekthektheoret
icalkapproacheskthatklookkwithinktheorykandkresearchktokcriticallykexaminekandkquestionkthekunderly
ingkandktaken-for-
grantedkassumptionskaboutkaging.kThiskmeanskthatktherekiskmorektokagingkthankwekknowkorkassume
ktokknow.kThekfourkthemeskinvolvedkinkcriticalkgerontologykare:1.kageingkandkpoliticskofkredistributio
n2.kgenderkandkageing3.kageing,kidentity,kandkpostmodernism4.kageingkandksurveillance
2 :kWhatkisk“agekstratificationktheory”?kDiscusskthekadvantageskandkdisadvantageskofkthisktheorykof
kaging.
CorrectkAnswerk:kStudentkanswerskshouldkincludekthekfollowing:Agekstratificationktheorykiskalsokcall
edkthekagingkandksocietykparadigm.kThisktheorykfocuseskonkthekmovementkofkagekcohortskoverkthekl
ifekcoursekandkonk“thekrolekofksocialkstructureskinkthekprocesskofkindividualkagingkandkthekstratificati
onkbykagekinktheksociety.”kAccordingktokagekstratificationktheory,kpeoplekinkeachkcohortkmovekorkflow
kthroughksociety’skpredeterminedkagekgradeskasktheykage.kItkalsokmaintainskthatksocietykalsokchang
eskaskpeoplekage,ksoktheknormskandkrolesklearnedkbykeachknewkcohortkchangeskasksocietykchange
s.Advantages:1.kThekagekstratificationktheorykhaskhelpedktokseparatekagekdifferencesk(betweenkco
horts)kfromkagekchangeskoverktheklifekcoursek(aging).2.kItkhighlightskthekimpactkofkhistoricalkandksoc
ietalkchangeskonkindividualskandkcohorts.Itkshowskthekrelationshipkbetweenkagingkandksocialkstructu
re.Disadvantages:1.kPeoplekofktheksamekagekdoknotkallkexperiencekthekworldkinktheksamekway.2.kT
hekagekstratificationktheorykoverlookskeachkperson’skinterpretationkofkthekworld.3.kItkmakesklittlekref
erencektokindividualkcontrolkorkaction.4.kThektheorykalsokmakesklittlekreferencektokthektensionskandkc
onflictskbetweenksocialkgroupskinksocietykorktokissueskofkpower.5.kTherekisklittlekfocuskonkhowkchara
cteristicsksuchkaskgender,ksocialkclass,kracekandkethnicitykcreatekinequalitieskwithinkagekcohorts.
3 :kDescribekwhatkiskmeantkbykthektermk“riskksociety”kaskdefinedkbykMarshallkandkBengtonk(2
011).
CorrectkAnswerk:kStudentkanswerskshouldkincludekthekfollowing:Therekarekcertainkinherentkriskskin
klife.kAnkexamplekwouldkbekthekgreatkrecessionkof k2008.kThekrecessionkdemonstratedkthekuncertai
ntieskthatkcankbekexpectedkinkmodernklifekwhenktherekiskakcrashkofkeconomicksystemskaroundkthek
world.kThekriskksocietykiskonekinkwhichksocialkinstitutionskprovideklessk“insurance”kagainstkthekvicis
situdeskofklife,ksuchkaskjobklosskorklosskofkone’skhealth,kandkindividualskarekexpectedktokassumekre
sponsibilityktoknavigatekthesekrisks.”
4 :kBasedkonkthekkindskofkstudieskdescribedkinkthektext,kdescribekonekqualitativekandkonekquanti
tativekmethodologykthatkresearcherskmightkusektokstudykhealthcarekneedskinkCanadianksociety.
CorrectkAnswerk:kStudentkanswerskmaykincludekthekfollowing:?kResearcherskmightkuseklongitudina
lkstudiesktokobservekhowkseniorskusekhealthcarekserviceskoverktime?kResearcherskmightkusekstatist
icalkstrategiesktokseekhowkmostkseniorskusekhealthcarekserviceskinkaksnapshotkperiodkofktime?kRes
earcherskmightkusekcohortkstudiesktokseekhowkhistoricalkeventskorkhealthcarekpolicieskaffectedkaklar
gekgroupkofkpeoplekwhokwerekbornkaroundktheksamektime?kResearcherskmightkusekquantitativeksur
veykmethodsktokidentifykhowkolderkpeoplekfeelkaboutktheirkcurrentkhealthcarekservicesREFk33-
39kResearchkIssueskandkMethods
mynursytest.store 1k/k20
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k k k k k k k k k
5 : Researchers in gerontology oft8
k k k enth EdetihticialocnhaN
facek k lleonv
ga
keskin conducting their research. Imagi
k k k k
nekthatkyoukarekperformingkakstudykonkthekself-
carekcapacitieskofkAlzheimer’skdiseasekandkdementiakpatients.kBasedkonkthektext,kwhatkkindskofket
hicalkproblemskmightkyoukencounterkduringkyourkstudy?
CorrectkAnswerk:kAnswerskwillkvary,kbutkmightkinclude:?kInabilitykofkpatientsktokprovidektruekvolunta
rykinformedkconsentkduektokcognitivekdeclines?kThekneedktokseekkinformedkconsentkfromkparticipa
nts’kchildrenkorkcaregivers?kThekimportancekofkminimizingkharmkorkembarrassmentktokthekstudykpa
rticipant?kTheksecurekstoragekofkinformationksokthatkitkisknotkstolenkorkmisused
MULTIPLE CHOICE k
6 :kInk1980,kthekGerontologicalkSocietyksurveyedk111kscholarsktokestablishkakcorekprogramkforkth
ekfieldkofkgerontology.kThoughkthekexpertskdisagreedkasktokthekcontentkandkboundarieskofkthekfield
,kwhichkofkthekfollowingkitemskdidkthekscholarskcollectivelykbelieve?
Ak:kThreekareaskofkstudykshouldkformkthekcorekofkthekcurriculum.
Bk:kTheksocioeconomic-
environmentalkaspectskofkagingkshouldkbekthekmainkfocuskofkcourseskatkthekintroductoryklevel.
Ck:kAkconsensuskonkthekdefinitionkmustkbekreachedkbeforekgerontologykcankgrowkaskakdiscipline.
Dk:kAkcomprehensivekprogramkwouldkbekdifficultktokconstructkbecausekofkproblemskinkdecidingkwhatkaspectskofka
gingkarekthekmostkimportant.
CorrectkAnswerk:kA
7 :kWhichkareakofkstudykinkgerontologykexamineskthekphysiologicalkandkhealthkchangeskthatko
ccurkaskpeoplekage?
Ak:kphysio-environmentalkstudies
Bk:kcohortkmedicalkstudies
Ck:kpsycho-physiologicalkstudies
Dk:kbiomedicalkstudies
CorrectkAnswerk:kD
8 :kWhichkofkthekfollowingkwouldkbekankexamplekofkakpsychosocialkstudykinkgerontology?kAk
:kformalksocialksupports
Bk:kcauseskofkdementia
Ck:krelationshipskbetweenkindividualskandkgroups
Dk:keffectskofkhealthcareksystems
CorrectkAnswerk:kC
9 :kGeorgekiskconductingkresearchkaboutkthekeffectskofkagingkonkthekeducationalkstructurekaskwellkas
kthekeffectskofksocialkstructureskonkolderkpeople.kWhichkareakofkgerontologykiskhekstudying?
Ak:kpsychosocialkstudies
Bk:ksocio-individualkstudies
Ck:kmulti-stagekdevelopmentksocialkstudies
Dk:ksocialkgerontology
CorrectkAnswerk:kD
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Ck:kpsychosocial,ksocialkpolicy,kandksocialkscienceskresearch
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11 :kWhichkfieldklookskatkagingkfromkthekpointskofkviewkofkbothkthekindividualkandktheksocialksy
stem?
Ak:kgeriatrics
Bk:kpsychosocialkstudiesk
Ck:ksocialkgerontologyk
Dk:kdidactic-senescence
CorrectkAnswerk:kC
12 :kWhykdoksocialkgerontologistskexaminekthekbiologicalkandkphysicalkchangeskthatkoccurkinkoldka
ge?
Ak:ktokadaptkthekresearchkobtainedktoktheirkfieldkofkstudy
Bk:ktokstudykthekrelationshipkbetweenkbiologicalkagingkandkpersonalkrelationships
Ck:ktokseekhowkthekchangeskaffectkthekindividualkorksocietykaskakwhole
Dk:ktokestablishkakunifiedkbasiskforkthekstudieskofkbiomedical,kpsycho-social,kandksocioeconomic-
environmentalkstudies
CorrectkAnswerk:kC
13 :kWhatkdoksocialkgerontologistskusektokguidektheirkresearchkandkinterpretkthekresultskofkst
udies?
Ak:kstatisticskandkdemographics
Bk:ktestksampling
Ck:ktheories
Dk:kfocuskgroups
CorrectkAnswerk:kC
14 :kHowkiskaktheorykdeemedktokbekakvaluablektoolkforkakresearcher?kAk
:kItkgiveskconcretekandkfinalkanswersktokquestions.
Bk:kItkprovideskpracticalkinformationkforkthekdevelopmentkofksocialkprogramskandkinterventions.
Ck:kItkprovideskessentialktrivialkinformationkaboutkaging.
Dk:kItkexplainskallkthekfactskaboutkaging.
CorrectkAnswerk:kB
15 :kResearcherskbenefitkfromktheorieskinkfourkways.kWhichkofkthekfollowingkiskNOTkonekofkthekbe
nefitskofktheorykdescribedkinkthektext?
Ak:kintegratingknewkknowledgekwithkwhatkiskalreadykknownkfromkthekfield
Bk:kprovidingkpracticalkinformationkforkdevelopingkinterventionskandkprograms
Ck:kpredictingkfuturekoutcomes
Dk:kdescribingkallkaspectskofkhumankbehaviourkandkrequiringknokfurtherkresearch
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