Practice Quiz Chapter 06

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. Which of the following is NOT a caveat of social structures and their effects on an individual?

Social structures have limited impact on older adults as they age over time. correct incorrect

While the focus on structures or power relations based on age, class, race, gender, sexual identity, and ethnicity is important, agency cannot be ignored. correct incorrect

No single theory or perspective can guide our thinking about social structures and aging. correct incorrect

Individual experiences social structures and processes related to aging in multiple and diverse ways, depending on their social characteristics and situational contexts. correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an example of an ascribed attribute?

Age correct incorrect

Ethnicity correct incorrect

Education correct incorrect

Class correct incorrect

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. According to Ven et al., what type of lens is needed in order to fully understand the unique experiences of aging people, both individually and in relation to others?

A gendered lens correct incorrect

An intercultural lens correct incorrect

An economic lens correct incorrect

An intergenerational lens correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is composed of everyone who was born in a specified year or in a specific period of years?

Generation correct incorrect

Cohort correct incorrect

Generational unit correct incorrect

Institution correct incorrect

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. Which approach seeks to understand how cohorts maintain continuity in the existing social order or how and why they initiate change in the social order?

Cohort analysis correct incorrect

Generational analysis correct incorrect

Institutional effects correct incorrect

Lineage effects correct incorrect

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. Which of the following provides an approximate age range in which specific roles or types of behaviour are appro¬priate or should be given up?

Ascriptive age norms correct incorrect

Achieved age norms correct incorrect

Consensual age norms correct incorrect

Ascribed age norms correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the outcome of individual or cohort needs changing faster than social values, ideas, and norms, or faster than changes in institutional structures?

Social differentiation correct incorrect

Generation gap correct incorrect

Age divide correct incorrect

Structural lag correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is related to the idea that different cohorts at the societal level and different individuals in the family are linked together over time?

Generational equity correct incorrect

Intergenerational transfers correct incorrect

Generation gaps correct incorrect

Lineage effects correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is an example of a public transfer?

Land, wealth, and/or housing correct incorrect

Caregiving and care receiving correct incorrect

Pensions and health care correct incorrect

Gifts and bequests correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a reason for increased concerns about the loss of generational equity with the onset of population aging?

The lower cost of health and elder care will be a savings for a younger generation correct incorrect

Equal distribution of wealth across the generations correct incorrect

Public policies that give equally to the generations correct incorrect

Shift in government policies in which responsibility for social welfare and health care has changed from a public issue to a private trouble correct incorrect

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. Baby boomers comprise of approximately 10 million Canadians (about one-third of the population), most of whom are either in their retirement or pre-retirement stage of life.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Class, age, and education are ascribed attributes of social positions.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Generations, such as baby boomers, generation X, or millennials are a North American phenomenon.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Age grading is the process by which biological age influences elements of social life such as social positions, roles, norms, and structured social relationships.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. As a result of social change, cohorts and generations age in different ways and have the potential to introduce further social change.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect