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Course Introduction
Health and Aging explores the complex interplay between biological, psychological, social, and environmental factors that influence health throughout the aging process. The course examines patterns of aging, including common physiological changes, chronic illnesses, mental health challenges, and functional limitations faced by older adults. Students will analyze how healthcare systems, policy, cultural attitudes, and family dynamics impact health outcomes for the elderly, and they will evaluate interventions and strategies to promote healthy aging and improve quality of life in later years.
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Aging the Individual and Society 9th Edition by Susan M. Hillier
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Chapter 1: Aging in America
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Q1) Compared to white males,black males can expect to live
A) more than 6 years less.
B) 3 years less.
C) about the same number of years.
D) 2 years longer.
Answer: A
Q2) Gerontologists are most likely to use the _________ to understand the political,social,and economic inequities associated with aging.
A) Detroit syndrome
B) selection for survival
C) critical perspective
D) population pyramid
Answer: C
Q3) The longest documented human life span on record is 130.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Stereotypes and Images
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Q1) Positive stereotypes of older adults
A) demean the young.
B) categorize all older adults in a favorable manner.
C) make individuals have negative attitudes.
D) All of these choices
Answer: B
Q2) Intelligence decreases with the age.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Patronizing communication is less offensive than direct derogatory language.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Generalized stereotypes among college students is based on physical looks.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Social and Psychological Theories in Later Life Development
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Q1) Loevinger believes that as the adult ego develops,individuals
A) begin to lose impulse control.
B) usually become happier and more fulfilled.
C) are less able to suppress unconscious and instinctual drives .
D) become aware of discrepancies between conventions and their own behavior.
Answer: D
Q2) For young adults who are part of cultural minorities,acculturation is association with all of the following EXCEPT
A) helping them assimilate into the economic system of society.
B) fostering their sense of self over the life course.
C) feeling a need to abandon their cultural identity.
D) disruption of their relationships with parents and grandparents.
Answer: B
Q3) The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging found that _________ is the key modifier of personality continuity.
A) stress
B) gender role
C) physical health
D) social interaction
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Physical Health and Well Being
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Q1) Why is exercise important for the elderly? What kind of exercise helps the elderly?
Q2) Explain the following theories of aging and the implications of these theories for delaying aging: programmed theories,immunological theories,damage theories,and theories of free radicals.
Q3) All of the following are observable body changes correlated with aging EXCEPT A) gum disease.
B) decreased skin elasticity.
C) body cells absorb more calcium.
D) the body becomes less erect.
Q4) Because of reduced kidney function,elders should eat less _______ to avoid kidney strain.
A) whole grain
B) protein
C) vegetable fiber
D) saturated fat
Q5) Absolute human life span is the maximum chronological age that a human can live.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Mental Health
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Q1) Describe the ways in which intelligence changes with age.
Q2) Constantly washing one's hands is a symptom of
A) social phobia.
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder.
C) generalized anxiety disorder.
D) a depressive disorder.
Q3) If a person is lethargic,has low self esteem,and finds life confusing they may have which type of disorder?
A) organic disorder
B) anxiety disorder
C) affective disorder
D) depressive disorder
Q4) In which kind of memory test are older people likely to do as well as if not better than younger people?
A) free recall
B) tests of recognition
C) recalling facts out of context
D) long-term memory tests
Q5) Define functional disorders.
Q6) What factors hinder adequate care of America's mentally ill elderly?
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Chapter 6: Friends,family,and Community
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Q1) Explain how grandparent-grandchild relationships can benefit the grandchild and the grandparent.
Q2) A "convoy" is
A) a social-work and health-care support system offered by a community.
B) a network of supportive family and friends.
C) one's set of neighborhood acquaintances.
D) the total sum of intimate friends over the life span.
Q3) Which ethnic group was found to traditionally use the church as a powerful source of social support?
A) Asian Americans
B) African Americans
C) Hispanics
D) Anglo-Saxon
Q4) According to your text,a confidant is described as
A) someone who keeps messages.
B) someone to confide in and share personal problems.
C) someone whom you relate to at work.
D) someone who is secretive.
Q5) Explain the differences in social organizations and senior centers.
Q6) Why are women the keepers of elders' social networks?
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Chapter 7: Intimacy and Sexuality
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Q1) In the Duke Longitudinal Study,
A) the number of elders who were sexually active decreased substantially over the ten year period.
B) about half of the people who survived into their 80s and 90s reported having sexual interest.
C) actual sexual activity was about equal to sexual interest for most elders.
D) in about 35 percent of the sample, sexual activity increased over the 10 year period.
Q2) Sexuality of older people is largely invisible for all of the following reasons EXCEPT A) for many older people, sex and sexuality are intensely private matters.
B) our cultural focus on youth and that which is not young or new is no longer functional.
C) the majority of older people have lost the desire and physiological capacity to have sex.
D) suggestions of sex among elders is received with derision, condescension, humor, or shock.
Q3) Explain how the effects of widowhood differ by gender.
Q4) What factors make aging a particularly difficult time for gay men and lesbians?
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Chapter 8: Work and Leisure
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Q1) Compared to permanent workers,contingent workers are generally
A) paid more.
B) belong to unions.
C) ineligible for pensions.
D) full-time.
Q2) In a comparison of their older and younger workers,Days Inn found
A) younger workers were better salespeople.
B) it took longer to teach older workers to operate sophisticated computer software.
C) older workers stayed on the job longer than younger workers.
D) older workers were less willing to work all three shifts.
Q3) Compared to middle-age workers today,the cohorts who have retired since the 1970s
A) had higher Social Security benefits.
B) were less likely to have pension plans.
C) had wives in the work force.
D) had more elderly parents needing care.
Q4) What factors affect adjustment to and satisfaction with retirement?
Q5) What factors are contributing to the trend of early retirement?
Q6) How are cohort differences likely to affect U.S.trends in retirement patterns?
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Chapter 9: Finances and Lifestyles
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Q1) Medicare,when combined with Medicaid,will cover all medical expenses when one is over age 65.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Subjective feelings have allowed some individuals to be satisfied with low income,while others are dissatisfied with higher incomes.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compared to a home owner,a home renter is
A) less affected by inflation.
B) has a higher income.
C) is more subject to involuntary moves.
D) is better able to determine their living conditions.
Q4) Compared to 401(k)s and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs),traditional company pensions
A) transfer more of the retirement costs directly to the individual employee.
B) guarantee retirees a specific income based on salary and length of employment.
C) are more likely to be tied to the stock market.
D) vary their payments according to current interest rates.
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Chapter 10: Living Environments
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Q1) Migration studies of elders show that
A) a snowbird is one who loves the cold weather.
B) migration to the sunbelt states has halted.
C) Florida is the state with the highest percentage of elders.
D) most migrating elderly do not know anyone in their new location.
Q2) An adult day care center
A) provides medical and social services.
B) a center where elders provide care for preschool and after-school children.
C) counsels and provides activities as well as nursing care for the elderly in nursing homes.
D) is an activity center provided for residents of an assisted living or rehabilitation facility.
Q3) Courts have ruled that adult communities for residents over 50
A) cannot legally be planned but are legal if they occur naturally.
B) cannot legally prohibit children under age 18.
C) are legal only in the case of small mobile home parks.
D) are legal in most circumstances.
Q4) The young-old are more likely than the old-old to migrate to the suburbs.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Oldest Old and Caregiving
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Q1) ____ percent of all caregiving is provided by spouses.
A) 20
B) 30
C) 40
D) 50
Q2) The predominant lifestyle for women 75 and over is
A) single, never married.
B) married.
C) divorced.
D) widowed.
Q3) Paraprofessional home-care workers
A) are paid more than their counterparts in nursing homes and hospitals.
B) are at the lower end of the employment scale but have good prospects for advancement.
C) have a high turnover rate.
D) are generally well trained.
Q4) Coping techniques and abilities are the same for everyone.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why is parental caregiving so difficult for middle-age daughters?
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Chapter 12: Special Problems
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Q1) Why do the elderly commit crimes?
Q2) In the 9-year study of 2,800 elders,all of the following characteristics of the elderly were predictors of elder abuse EXCEPT
A) poverty.
B) gender.
C) race.
D) cognitive impairment.
Q3) Most individuals who are court appointed guardians steal from the person they are looking after.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The National Health Care anti-fraud association found the most common types of health care fraud consist of
A) billing for services that were never rendered.
B) accepting kickbacks.
C) falsifying a patients diagnosis.
D) All of these choices
Q5) Explain the theoretical reasons and the risk factors that lead to abuse of the elderly.
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Chapter 13: Women and Ethnic Groups
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Q1) Compared with other minority elders,African American elders
A) have higher incomes.
B) are less likely to be crime victims.
C) have poorer quality housing.
D) are more likely to be married.
Q2) All of the following factors have contributed to greater poverty among elderly African Americans than elderly whites EXCEPT
A) they did not pay as much into Social Security.
B) they worked predominantly in jobs that offered no pensions.
C) they have limited retirement due to limited employment opportunities when they were younger.
D) they are less likely to look for work after age 65.
Q3) Your text states that there is a difference in life expectancy between African and white Americans.What has been found to be a correlation with longevity?
A) marriage
B) high income
C) education and small family
D) All of these choices
Q4) What could be done to upgrade the financial status of older women?
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Chapter 14: Death and Dying
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Q1) All fifty states have legislation allowing for living wills.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is evidence that we are a death-denying society?
A) euphemisms for the process of dying
B) funerals presenting an embalmed and painted body
C) sensitive television dramas that depict the death of a loved one
D) All of these choices
Q3) Identify the various kinds of complicated grief reactions and the reasons they may occur.
Q4) Death talk with the elderly
A) can be therapeutic because it gets concerns out in the open.
B) is impractical because it increases their fears unnecessarily.
C) is unrealistic because younger people cannot understand these feelings.
D) should be minimized to avoid depression of both the dying and their loved ones.
Q5) What problems do doctors and other hospital staff face in caring for dying patients? What can be done to help them resolve these problems?
Q6) How do reminiscence and a life review help elderly cope with dying?
Q7) What are the requirements for information consent to treatment?
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Chapter 15: Politics, policies, and Programs
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Q1) Citizens in their 80s are more likely to vote than those in their early 20s.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Explain both sides of the generational equity debate.Where do you stand?
Q3) The Great Depression left ________ in the most desperate poverty of any age group.
A) children
B) young adults
C) middle-aged adults
D) the elderly
Q4) The youngest national office holders in the U.S.have generally been
A) Presidents.
B) members of Congress.
C) Supreme Court justices.
D) cabinet members and ambassadors.
Q5) Look thirty years ahead and describe what kind of a future you can see for elders in America.
Q6) Social Security is an intergenerational safety net to reduce poverty.
A)True
B)False
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