Quiz Fall 3/ Sociology - Aging Life Course Death

1

The older adult market can be differentiated according to distinct segments, whether based on age or other characteristics. These segments include:

2

Why is it that older adults tend to demonstrate worse performance on memory tasks that involve recall when compared to younger individuals?

3

Which theory of aging proposes that the body breaks down, part by part, after years of use?

4

When it comes to race and ethnicity, the largest increases in the elderly population are expected in the number of Hispanic elders.

5

The increased vulnerability to stress and the increased probability of death is termed:

6

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation provides pension payments to retired workers when their defined-benefits pension plan is terminated or runs out of money.

7

Population counts of the homeless population in the United States indicate the homeless population is increasing.

8

Which of the following refers to the belief that self meanings can continue after the person has died.

9

Why is partner availability a primary psychosocial factor among heterosexual older women?

10

___________ refers to the mortality rates of African Americans which fall below that of Caucasians.

11

According to Jaber Gubrium's book Living and Dying at Murray Manor, the most difficult loss when moving into a nursing home is:

12

During adulthood, people become less _____ and more _____.

13

_____ is a theory that stresses the potential of all humans, who have the same basic needs regardless of culture, gender, or background.

14

Treas and Gubernskaya (2012) found that if adult children and their parents live apart, their relationship:

15

The greatest difficulty in parenting for stepparents, adoptive parents, and foster parents is:

16

People with this personality trait are more likely to complete college.

17

Members of our social convoy who provide the more reciprocally balanced relationships are:

18

An adult expresses generativity by:

19

Samantha is on her third marriage. Based on what you know about personality, which trait is she most likely to exhibit?

20

The workplace is changing. New features include:

21

________ is to easygoing as ________ is to moody.

22

What are the advantages that adoptive parents have?

23

Experiencing divorce has been shown to increase

24

For which of Erikson's stages is it noted that a person's concerns will be a lifelong process of combining values and traditions from childhood with current social context?