Gerontology 180 Exam Practice Questions and Answers

Gerontology 180 Exam Practice Questions and Answers What is TRUE about generations? - ANSWER-all of the above They typically span about 15-22 consecutive birth years they help society charactertize an aggregate of people who have experienced similar world events and cultural trends they are social constructions based on generalizations philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, historians, economists, novelists and journalists have researched and named generations Which best defines "generation gap"? - ANSWER-this is when a group of people born at about the same time (say the 1920s) has quite different social views than another group of people born at about the same time (say, the 1960s) People born in the same year (also called a "birth cohort") or people born in similar years (also called a "generational cohort") experience the same social events and conditions. Which generational cohort ©EMILLECT2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/10 were teenagers during the Great Depression and young adults during the Great World War (WWI)? - ANSWER-Baby Boomers According to the NPR article, why might Baby Boomers be an appropriate name for the generational cohort born between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s? - ANSWER-all of the above their adolescence and young adult years were tumultuous (war protests, Civil Rights mvnt) After WWII many babies were born - more than at any previous time in US history (and in some other countries, as well) The economy boomed after WWII Which generation no longer has any living members? - ANSWER-the lost generation The Millennial Generation got its name because its members were born at the turn of the century. - ANSWER-false Based on your readings about Generations and how they finally get their names, in which life stages are individuals most impacted by social events and conditions? - ANSWER-adolescents, young adulthood All those in Generation Z have parents in Generation X. - ANSWER-false ©EMILLECT2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/10 What is true about the article by Twenge et al.? - ANSWER-The authors used specific statistical techniques to learn whether age, time period and/or generational cohort infuenced the increase in tolerance Twenge et al. found that Baby Boomers showed a signficant increase in tolerance, whereas Gen X and Millennials showed no big leaps in tolerance, rather they simply followed the upward trend. - ANSWER-true "A set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency or among professionals and enable that system, agency or those professions to work effectively in cross-cultural situations" is the definition of - ANSWER-cultural competance Cultural competence is a developmental process that evolves over an extended period. Both individuals and organizations are at various levels of awareness, knowledge and skills along the cultural competence continuum. - ANSWER-true What must individuals and organizations be able to do