Gerontology Chapter 7 – Flashcards
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In the Duke Longitudinal Study
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about half of the people who survived into their 80s and 90s reported having sexual interest.
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Elder never-married singles
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report parallel levels of life satisfaction with married persons.
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The concept of----- refers to the need to be close to, part of, and familiar with another person.
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intimacy
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Masters and Johnson found no end-point to female or male sexuality set by advancing years.
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true
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Studies show no elderly live together without being married.
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False
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Study of body attitudes and self- esteem found
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Men and women with good self-esteem also had good attitudes regardless of age.
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Sexuality of older people is largely invisible for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
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the majority of older people have lost the desire and physiological capacity to have sex.
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Of the over 65 population in the U.S.------ are married and live with a spouse.
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just under the half
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Family sociologists agree that wives experience greater difficulty in coping with the death of a spouse.
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False
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Which of the following benefits in the U.S. are available to homosexuals in lifelong relationships as well as to married couples?
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None of the above
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Compared to older men, old women
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are almost half as likely to be married.
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Marital satisfaction tends to
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decline after the early years, level off in the middle years, and increase during the post-retirement years
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There is more support today for divorced than widowed elders
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False
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Gender comparisons of marriage and widowhood status reveal
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two-thirds of women over age 75 are widows.
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Research on sexuality shows
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sexuality is central to our lives even in chronic illness or death of a spouse.
