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Aging throughout Life Course MCQ

Aging throughout Life Course MCQ

1. People ages from 65 to ___ is called young old

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Correct Answer: 74

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2. The shared set of expectations about what behavior is proper or “on time” for any specific chronological age is called ______ clock

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Correct Answer: Social

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3. The process of giving up or losing previous roles, such as the role of spouse (with widowhood) or the role of worker (with retirement) is called role loss

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Correct Answer: True

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4. Rituals that mark major life events, thereby reinforcing shared ____ about age grading Is called rites of passage

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Correct Answer: Norms

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5. The ability of the body to recover from assaults and to withstand peak-load demands on organic systems is called _____ capacity

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Correct Answer: Reserve

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6. People ages From 75 to ____ Is called old old

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Correct Answer: 84

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7. People ages 85 and over Is called

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Correct Answer: Oldest-old

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8. The view that the status of older adults has declined since industrialization and the spread of _______ is called modernization theory of aging

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Correct Answer: Technology

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9. Research in which the same study individuals are followed over time is called

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Correct Answer: Longitudinal research

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10. A range of subjectively perceived abilities to manage oneself in the environment is called locus of control

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Correct Answer: True

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11. The hypothetical maximum possible length of life, determined by observing the longest any member of a species has lived is called

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Correct Answer: Life span

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12. The predicted length of life, usually from some specific point in time, such as ____ is called life expectancy

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Correct Answer: Birth

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13. Life course describes the perspective from which aging is viewed as part of the totality of human life, understood as a successive series of stages, from infancy through old age

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Correct Answer: True

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14. A pattern of dependency and depression resulting from a social environment that reinforces passivity is called Learned helplessness

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Correct Answer: True

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15. Difference and diversity in terms of how individuals experience aging changes is called

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Correct Answer: Heterogeneity

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16. A process, commonly known as caramelization, in which proteins combine with sugar, as when food turns brown after cooking is called glycosylation

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Correct Answer: True

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17. ________ Age is based on a measurement of performance abilities, such as strength, mobility, and mental capacity, that are distinct from chronological age

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Correct Answer: Functional

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18. Molecules of oxygen ionized because of an extra electron is called

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Correct Answer: Free radicals

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19. The idea that separation of older people from active roles in society is normal and appropriate, and benefits both society and older individuals is called

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Correct Answer: Disengagement theory of aging

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20. A _______ methodology in which people at different ages are studied at a single point in time is called Cross-sectional methodology

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Correct Answer: Research

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21. The view that in aging people are inclined to maintain, as much as they can, the same habits, personalities, and styles of life they developed in earlier years is called

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Correct Answer: Continuity theory of aging

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22. The postponement of illness until later and later into advanced age is called compression of morbidity

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Correct Answer: True

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23. Cognitive theory of aging describes the aging that emphasizes individual subjective_______, rather than actual objective change itself, as the factor that determines behavior associated with advanced age

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Correct Answer: Perception

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24. Specific________ or functional processes that measure aging apart from chronological age alone is called biomarkers

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Correct Answer: Physiological

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25. The idea that some genetically determined trait can be beneficial early in life but harmful in later life is known as ________ pleiotropy

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Correct Answer: Antagonistic

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26. Ageism the Prejudice or negative stereotypes about people based on chronological age is

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Correct Answer: True

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27. A method that sociologists use to divide society into chronological age groups (e.g., “adolescents,” “middle-aged”) with distinctive characteristics of those groups

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Correct Answer: Age stratification

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28. The designation of people into categories based on chronological age, for example, in public school systems is called

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Correct Answer: Age grading

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29. Age differentiation describes A process whereby people are ________to act in different ways according to chronological age

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Correct Answer: Socialized

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30. Activity theory of aging describes the view that the more active people are, the more likely they are to be satisfied with life

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Correct Answer: True

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31. Everyday tasks that are required for people to live on their own, such as the abilities to feed oneself, go to the toilet, take a bath, and get out of bed is called

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Correct Answer: Activities of daily living (ADLs)

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