Practice Quiz Chapter 01

. In developing countries, what will be the cause of the increase in population aging that is expected to occur over the next 25 to 40 years?

Mortality rates decline and public health improves

Baby boomers turn 65 and live longer

Fertility rates decline and sanitation and public health improve

Fertility rates stay the same, mortality rates increases, and government policies support aging in place

. Individual aging is the interaction of which of the following?

Biological, social, and emotional factors that affect older adults in the same way

Biological, economic, and psychological factors that older adults as they age

Environmental, cognitive, and social factors that affect population aging

Biological, clinical, psycho-social, and societal factors that affect aging over the life course

. Which of the following is true about agency?

It is a company that produces commercials and other marketing material on behalf of others.

It is not a concept relevant to aging as we know older adults are not able to change their life course.

It refers to a process on which individuals construct their life course by making choices and taking actions.

It involves reacting like puppets to social forces around us.

. Which of the following is true about psychological aging?

It is about how old you feel rather than how old you look.

It is a subset of chronological aging and how you mature over time.

It is less important than biological aging.

It involves the interaction of individual cognitive and behavioural changes with social and environmental factors that affects our psychological state.

. What is social stratification?

A process by which cultural attributes are evaluated and acted similarly by a small proportion of society members

A process by which social attributes are evaluated and acted differently by a significant proportion of society members

A process of categorizing and labelling social norms so that we can make sense of the world around us

A layer effect of different generations that provides a guideline for how we should act our age

. Age identity is the result of which of the following?

An objective experience that represents the cultural and social understanding of aging rather than your biological age

An experience that represents how you see and feel about yourself as an old person when looking in the mirror

A subjective experience that represents the psychological and social meaning of aging rather than your chronological age

Defining yourself as active and healthy

. Which of the following is true about ageism?

It is a process of systematic stereotyping of and discrimination against older people.

It is different from racism and sexism and does not offend most people.

It is a socially acceptable way of thinking kindly of older people but treating them differently.

It is perpetuated by the media as a way of discriminating against young people.

. What is gerontology?

A subset of medicine that focuses on the physical and mental diseases of later life and the clinical treatment and care of elderly patients by specialized doctors

Strictly an academic pursuit to further research on how to prolong life

The study of old people by old people

A multidisciplinary study of aging processes and aging individuals, as well as the practices and policies that are designed to support older adults

. What are the three life-course conceptual dimensions to understanding aging?

Gender, race/ethnicity, and class

Social relationships, individual aging, and societal norms

Life-course histories and pathways, agency and social structures, and micro (individual) and macro (structural) analyses

Chronological, biological, and social aging

. Which of the following is NOT a dimension of ethics?

An idealistic dimension

A practice dimension

A professionalism dimension

An ideological dimension

. In Canada, there is increasing evidence that the significant growth in population aging over the next 30 to 40 years will bankrupt the pension system, will be a major contributor to escalating health-care costs, and will cause intergenerational conflict.

TRUE

FALSE

. Social structure pertains to elements of social life and society that constrain, promote, and shape human behaviour.

TRUE

FALSE

. Biological aging serves as a marker of physical and emotional growth, whereas chronological aging is genetics and changes in the cellular, muscular, skeletal, reproductive, neural, cardiovascular, and sensory systems.

TRUE

FALSE

. Social aging is about valuing youth and experiencing social "rites of passage" at the appropriate age.

TRUE

FALSE

. Ageism is experienced only by older people and can discourage them from fully participating in society.

TRUE

FALSE

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