Gerontology Test Questions
Course Introduction
Gerontology is the multidisciplinary study of the aging process and the challenges and opportunities associated with growing older. This course explores the biological, psychological, and social aspects of aging, examining how individuals and societies adapt to demographic shifts and age-related changes. Students will learn about the impact of aging on health, cognition, family dynamics, policy, and community resources, as well as strategies for promoting healthy aging and enhancing the quality of life for older adults. The course integrates current research, theoretical perspectives, and practical approaches to issues confronting the aging population.
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Aging Concepts and Controversies 9th Edition by Harry R. Moody
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Chapter 1: Does Old Age Have Meaning
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Q1) Some of the potential roles for elders in our society include which of the following?
A) As conservationists
B) Less differentiated in their masculine and feminine predilections
C) As arbiters of disputes
D) As advocates for a new international understanding
E) All of the above
Answer: E
Q2) How should people prepare for old age, according to de Beauvoir?
A) Set aside money
B) Choose the place where they will retire
C) Acquire hobbies
D) Live a committed, justified life
E) All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) According to Scott-Maxwell, old people think often about how old they will become and how much decay they will have to endure until death.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old
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Q1) Olshansky argues that research on aging should focus on improved physical health and mental functioning and not on the search for a cure to aging.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to Hayflick, scientists have made significant progress during the last century in uncovering the fundamental cause of aging.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The maximum human life span is approximately ______.
A) 77 years
B) 82 years
C) 100 years
D) 120 years
E) 150 years
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With
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Q1) Dennis argues that if all of Lehman's methodological problems were corrected and sources of bias were eliminated, the negative relationship between age and creativity would disappear.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The Seattle Longitudinal Study and other research on cognitive function found that the largest average declines in intelligence come after age 60 but that intellectual decline in later life may be reversed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Intelligence has potential for growth even at advanced ages.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Cohen asserts that human beings stop developing psychologically at midlife.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Should We Ration Health Care for Older People
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Q1) On what bases does Hentoff criticize Callahan's proposal to ration health care on the basis of age? Do you agree or disagree with Hentoff's criticism?
Q2) According to Perry and Butler, approximately 10% of the money spent on health care for people over age 65 is spent on research that may lead to lower health care costs for chronic diseases and disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is Ubel's position on rationing health care? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Q4) According to Callahan, people should be allowed to live out their "natural life spans," after which time they should be allowed to die.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hentoff predicts that as more individuals survive to old age, the public will vehemently oppose Callahan's proposal.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Should Families Provide for Their Own
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Q1) Critics of paying family members to provide care do so for which of the following reasons?
A) Family responsibility for caregiving would diminish.
B) The quality of the caregiving experience for care recipient and caregiver would decrease.
C) Public expenditures would increase.
D) a and b
E) all of these
Q2) Consumer-directed demonstration programs show better health and safety outcomes, fewer caregivers arriving late or not at all, and better care than in traditional service systems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Blaser argues that direct payments to families for caregiving should be avoided; instead, services that complement and support family members should be provided.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain Blaser's argument against paying family members to provide care. Do you agree or disagree with her position?
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Chapter 6: Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices
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Q1) Complete cessation of sexual activity is most often a result of which of the following?
A) Marital status
B) Feelings of an older person about sexuality
C) A decline in physical health among one or both partners
D) All of the above
E) A and B above
Q2) Which of the following powers does Parens patriae refer to?
A) The state has the authority to prohibit individuals from injuring others or harming their property
B) The state has the authority to protect those who cannot protect themselves
C) That state has the authority to provide procedural safeguards to avoid wrongful imprisonment
D) All of the above
E) A and B above
Q3) Why is it difficult to define "quality of life" and measure well-being in old age? How is this difficulty problematic for gerontology? How does this difficulty render decisions about whether to intervene in suspected cases of abuse or neglect problematic?
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Chapter 7: Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives
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Q1) The majority of older people do not feel sad or unhappy most of the time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe how "Aunty's" feelings about physician-assisted death changed over time. What makes these decisions complicated for patients, families, and health care providers?
Q3) Which states in addition to Oregon have passed laws permitting physician-assisted dying?
A) Washington
B) Vermont
C) California
D) All of the above
E) None of the above
Q4) Explain McKhann's arguments in favor of physician-assisted dying. Do you agree or disagree with McKhann? Explain.
Q5) The first important "right-to-die" law was passed with the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why is depression difficult to diagnose in older adults? Page 9
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Chapter 8: Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement
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Q1) When the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), an experimental income-based method that takes into account more factors than does the official poverty level calculation, is used the poverty rate for older adults is higher.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Do you agree or disagree with Thurow's concern that the growing population of older people will comprise a political force that will make excessive economic demands for their benefit?
Q3) The average condition of older Americans has improved markedly in recent decades when measured according to income, health status, and educational level.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Proponents of generational equity have a different conception of fairness compared to proponents of generational interdependence. Compare and contrast these differing notions of fairness. Which are you more likely to agree with, and why?
Q5) The poverty rate among older adults is higher than it is among children.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: What Is the Future for Social Security
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Q1) How does Social Security embody the principles of equity and adequacy? How would this balance be affected by changing Social Security into a privatized system?
Q2) Describe how Social Security is a "pay-as-you-go" system. How do dependency ratios help us project future contributions to and payouts from Social Security? Can Social Security continue to run as a purely pay-as-you-go system in the future? Explain.
Q3) The most recent report from the Trustees of the Social Security system expects the system to be able to pay full benefits until ______, and after that, pay 80% percent of benefits, even if nothing is done to change the system.
A) 2015
B) 2034
C) 2045
D) 2052
E) 2060
Q4) Diamond and Orszag argue that all of the adjustments for increased life expectancy should be made to Social Security by reducing benefits.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Is Retirement Obsolete
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Q1) According to Manheimer, people who choose to retire creatively should first be concerned with what gives them satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In your opinion, is retirement still a valid way to think about the way older adults spend their later years? Is retirement becoming obsolete?
Q3) "Bridge jobs" that allow older workers to gradually transition from the fulltime workforce.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Research has demonstrated that retirement is bad for older adults' health and that they often die soon after leaving the work force.
A)True
B)False
Q5) While life expectancy has increased by more than 50 percent since 1900, the period of time spent in retirement has increased even more dramatically.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust
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Q1) Most of the large-scale surveys conducted with boomers unfortunately do not take into account the ethnic diversity of the cohort, thus these general findings can be quite misleading and obscure health disparities for ethnic minorities. How might different sub-groups of boomers experience later life? How will programs, services, and policies need to change in order to meet the particular needs of different groups of aging boomers?
Q2) When considering any cohort, such as the boomers, it is important to keep in mind not only age, period, and cohort effects, but the impact of class, ethnicity, and gender as well in shaping individual experiences.
A)True
B)False
Q3) There are several factors that must be considered when trying to predict how members of the boomers will experience later life. What are these factors? Are there any additional emerging social trends that might exert an influence on the aging of the boomers?
Q4) Boomsday depicts conflict between members of different generational cohorts over economic resources and social programs.
A)True
B)False
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Q1) The dramatic increase in the older consumer population is a trend that is limited to the United States.
A)True B)False
Q2) The "oldest-old" are more likely to be purchasers of leisure services and retirement housing.
A)True B)False
Q3) Older people tend to think of themselves as younger than their actual age. A)True B)False
Q4) Furlong asserts that the shared values and attitudes of the boomer generation have "transformed consumer behavior at every stage of life so far, and the next stage will be no exception." Given what you read in Controversy 11 regarding the boomers, as well as the ideas explored by Furlong, do you agree or disagree with this strong statement? Discuss. ?
Q5) According to Weintraub, exercise is probably the only anti-aging regime that exists. A)True B)False
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Chapter 13: Basic Concepts I: Life Course Perspective on Aging Life Course Perspective on Aging
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Q1) The ______ theory of aging posits that the status of older people declines as the level of technology progresses.
A) disengagement
B) technology
C) modernization
D) continuity
E) activity
Q2) "Excess disability" involves experiencing more disability than necessary because the environment in which one lives is either too challenging or not challenging enough.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The oldest-old refers to individuals aged ______.
A) 65+
B) 65-74
C) 75-84
D) 85-100
E) 85+
Q4) Discuss the variety of ways in which the life course has been organized over time.
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Chapter 14: Basic Concepts II: Aging, Health Care, and Society
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Q1) Long-term care costs are projected to increase dramatically in the 21st century.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The majority of people over age 65 need assistance with activities of daily living.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Among all people over age 65, about ______ percent are in nursing homes at any given time.
A) 5
B) 10
C) 24
D) 40
E) 50
Q4) Only a small percentage of those over age 60 report feeling "very confident" or "somewhat confident" about maintaining a high quality of life as they grow older.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Basic Concepts III: Social and Economic
Outlook for an Aging Society
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Q1) As people age, they become increasingly alike.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In old age, social class is related more to accumulated advantage or disadvantage than to employment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the implications of categorizing older adults as "ill-derly" and "well-derly"? Do these two categories capture sufficiently the diversity of older adults and the complexity of the aging experience or serve to further ageist stereotypes? Discuss.
Q4) What factors influence poverty among the aged? Which groups among older adults are more likely to be economically disadvantaged compared to other groups? How does the concept "cumulative disadvantage" assist us in our understanding of different patterns of experience in later life?
Q5) Of 13.3 million noninstitutionalized older adults living alone in 2015, the majority were women.
A)True
B)False
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