Gerontology 1-4 – Flashcards
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Geriatrics
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focuses on preventing and managing disease in later life
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culturally competent health care providers
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help the elderly develop personal mastery of their chaining environments
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recent research indicates that genes account for about____ of our longevity
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one fourth
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gerontologists define aging in terms of
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changes in memory learning adaptive capacity, personality and mental functionng
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gerontology is the study of the aging process from
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maturity to old age
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historically the status of elderly was related primarily to their
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wisdom
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ageism is a
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prejudice against any age group, young or old
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the most rapidly growing age group among those over 65 is..
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85 and older
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gerontophilia means
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honoring old age
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the number and proportion of older people in the us is
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rapidly increasing
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a child born in the us in 2006 can expect to live to age
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78
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analysis of gender differences in life expectancies of americans shows that
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females have longer life expectancies than males at every age, regardless of race and ethnicity
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the leading cause of death of older americans today is
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heart disease
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americans increase in life expectancy is due prima rally to
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changes in the environmental factors that cause death
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the state with the highest proportion of over 65 elders in the nation is
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florida
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gains in life expectancy over the last 125 years are due primarily to
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increased exercise and lower alcohol and nicotine consumption
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various gerontologists mentioned in the text believe the higher proportion of elderly in the population has or will result in all of the following except
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growth of the youth culture
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old age dependency ratio is the number of people
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65 years of age and older relative to the working population(18-64)
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sereotypes
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are generalized beliefs or opinions based on individual experience
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which of the following stereotypes is considered as negative aging
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impotency, medical decline, and illness
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positive stereotypes of older adults
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categorize all older adults in a favorable manner
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a compassionate stereotype of aging
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shows the elderly in need of help and also deserving of help
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which of the following illustrates a biomedical stereotype of older adults
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slow thinking
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which of the following age groups watch the most television
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the elderly
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the term centurions refers to
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older adults living past their 100th year
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research aviyt self-concepts of the elderly show
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elders are less likely to identify as old if they identify as being who they have always been
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phenomenology
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looks at the meaning of aging as defined by personal narratives of the elderly
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ageism is considered to be
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spatial, institutional, and developmental
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children develop stereotypes about elders through all of the following except
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instinctual knowlege
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in a phenomenological study of college students attitudes about the elderly, students paid the most attention to
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physical appearance and capabilities
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media watch task force was associated with which highly known aging activist group?
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gray panthers
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all of the following are true about television advertising except
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television consumers in their 50's and 60's respond best to an actor who is about their same age
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ageism exhibited by using an untrusting, insecure person is most likely to be explained by the psychological theory of
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authoritarian personality
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selective perception means
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we see what we expect to see and selectively ignore what we do not expect
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recent studies have found
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on some measures intelligence increases with age
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all of the following characterize age segregation except
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it helps reduce stereotypes of the elderly
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which of the following was found to be the least satisfying stage of life by the longitudinal berkley older generation study?
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adolescence
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negative stereotyping of older adults
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stifles the older adults potential and draws attention away from them being happy and sociable
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sigmund freud would most likely explain the differences in psychological development of the elderly by
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unconscious fears formed early in childhood
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jung believed that after age 40
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people develop their internal self potential through balancing of competing opposites
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according to erikson, intimacy is the main issue of growth and development in
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early adulthood
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erikson's concept of generatively refers to
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concern for the welfare of society
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the primary components of a life structure in levinson's theory are
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a person's relationships with others
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according to levinson's study on the seasons of a woman's life it was concluded that
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both men and women follow the same basic pattern across each season of life
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according to developmental psychologists, as individuals mature
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their attitudes and behaviors dramatically change in an orderly fashion from stage of life to another
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the developmental tasks in each stage are ___ based
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culturally
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which of the following are contributing to the blurring of life periods?
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a change in the times of marriage and childbearing patterns of divorce and remarriage flexibility in entering jobs and changing careers
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in young adulthood, friends appear to help people
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with tasks of becoming independent, autonomous person
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current research regarding the midlife crisis indicates
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the midleife experience is more a normal life transition than a crisis
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middle age typically is a time of
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deciding which roles one might still fill and which to abandon
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the empty nest syndrome is
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more likley to be experienced by women whose energies focused on childbearing
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menopause in itself involves all of the following but
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diminished sexuality
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studies of self concepts of middle age people suggest
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many people expect a peak in generatively in midlife
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developmentalists usually define the very old as ages of __ and older
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90
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continuity theory assumes
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a person's adaption to old age can be predicted from his adaption to young adulthood and middle age
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which age cohort has been labeled as babu bust
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generation x
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the baltimore longitudinal study of aging found that___ is the key modifier of personality continuity
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stress
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studies show that the elderly experience higher life satisfaction of they
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have an internal locus of control
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the absolute human life span is considered to be___ years
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120
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all of the following are observable body changes correlated with aging except
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body cells absorb more calcium
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all of the following decease with age except
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reflex action
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which of the following statements more accurately depicts health status of older americans today?
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those over age 75 have noticeable physical declines compared with middle age
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___ percent of americans 65 and over live successfully or nearly successfully in the community
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95
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the majority of non-institutionalized elders in the us have
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relatively minor chronic conditions
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the major killing disease in the us and other industrialized countries is
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coronary artery disease
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gender comoarison regarding heart attacks show
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women are more likely to die from a heart attack
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the most common cause of accidental death among the elderly is
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falls
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the type of arthritis most often poses problems for those 65 and older is
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osteoartheritis
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obesity increases problems of
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heart disease, diabetes, and hypertension
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senescence refers to
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onset of the degenerative process associated with age
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the life expectancy for a child born today is
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80
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damage theories are based on the idea that
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aging is the result of accumulated errors
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our biological clock begins at
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conception
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studies of caloric restriction and longevity in animals show that
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with caloric restriction animals live longer and have a lower incidence of heart disease and cancer
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what percent of older americans are considered food insecure
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between 8 and 16%
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exercise for people in late life
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contributes to health even if not begun until later life
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which of the following personality traits are least likely to be life shortening
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extroversion
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a shortened life is statistically correlated with all of the following except
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divorce for women
