Gero 200 Quiz 7: Intimacy and Sexuality – Flashcards

Which of the following benefits in the U.S. are available to homosexuals in lifelong relationships as well as to married couples? a. Social Security survivor benefits b. half of their partner's Social Security benefit if it is larger than their own c. Medicaid protection of assets and homes when a partner enters long-term care d. basic rights of hospital visitation and the right to die in the same nursing home as one's partner e. None of the above

Studies show no elderly live together without being married. a. True b. False

Research on sexuality shows a. sexuality is more about satisfying biological drives than loving and bonding. b. sexual relationships in later life are similar regardless of culture or age cohort. c. sexuality is central to our lives even in chronic illness or death of a spouse. d. sexual identity is static over the life course.

Sexuality of older people is largely invisible for all of the following reasons EXCEPT a. the majority of older people have lost the desire and physiological capacity to have sex. b. suggestions of sex among elders is received with derision, condescension, humor, or shock. c. our cultural focus on youth and that which is not young or new is no longer functional. d. for many older people, sex and sexuality are intensely private matters.

Compared to older men, older women a. have a shorter life expectancy. b. are almost half as likely to be married. c. are more likely to be married. d. are more likely to marry someone younger than they are.

There is more support today for divorced than widowed elders. a. True b. False

Marital satisfaction tends to a. increase through middle-age and then decrease as couples enter old age. b. decline after the early years, level off in the middle years, and increase during the post-retirement years. c. increase during the early years, level off in the middle years, and then increase even beyond the early years after retirement. d. gradually decline after the early years of marriage.

In the Duke Longitudinal Study, a. the number of elders who were sexually active decreased substantially over the ten year period. b. in about 35 percent of the sample, sexual activity increased over the 10 year period. c. actual sexual activity was about equal to sexual interest for most elders. d. about half of the people who survived into their 80s and 90s reported having sexual interest.

A study of body attitudes and self-esteem found a. Men and women with good self-esteem also had good body attitudes regardless of age. b. Self-esteem of the young and old was based predominantly on their body image. c. Almost all elderly were ashamed of their body image, regardless of self-esteem. d. Body image was unrelated to self-esteem.

Masters and Johnson found no end-point to female or male sexuality set by advancing years. a. True b. False

A study of body attitudes and self-esteem found . a. Almost all elderly were ashamed of their body image, regardless of self-esteem. b. Self-esteem of the young and old was based predominantly on their body image. c. Men and women with good self-esteem also had good body attitudes regardless of age. d. Body image was unrelated to self-esteem.

The concept of _____ refers to the need to be close to, part of, and familiar with another person. a. sexuality b. friendship c. intimacy d. companionship

Gender comparisons of marriage and widowhood statuses reveal a. two-thirds of women over age 75 are widows. b. a man has an even chance of being widowed only when he reaches the age of 95. c. widowhood is the predominant life style of both men and women over the age of 75. d. marriage is the predominant life-style of both men and women over the age of 75.

Family sociologists agree that wives experience greater difficulty in coping with the death of a spouse. a. True b. False