Social Gerontology A Multidisciplinary Perspective 10th
Edition Hooyman Test Bank
Chapter 1
Hooyman Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- In contrast to geriatrics, gerontology focusing on the relation of aging to
a. social security.
b. social structures.
c. social diseases.
d. social gastronomy.
Answer: b
Topic: The Field of Gerontology
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish social gerontology as the study of how diverse aging
experiences interact with social structures
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - When we say someone does not “act their age,” we are making a judgment that their
chronological age is their psychological, social, and biological age.
a. parallel to
b. congruent with
c. incongruent with
d. similar to
Answer: c
Topic: The Field of Gerontology
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish social gerontology as the study of how diverse aging
experiences interact with social structures
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - A gerontological specialist is someone whose primary training is in
a. gerontology.
b. geriatrics.
c. psychology.
d. another discipline.
Answer: d
Topic: The Field of Gerontology
Learning Objective: 1.1: Distinguish social gerontology as the study of how diverse aging
experiences interact with social structures
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - The normal decline in of our organ systems is known as
a. senescence.
b. sequestration.
c. acquiescence.
d. fenestration.
Answer: a
Topic: How Is Aging Defined?
Learning Objective: 1.2: Define precise terminology for the scope and characteristics of
aging
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy - When discussing age, is less important than functional ability.
a. psychological age
b. social age
c. chronological age
d. physiological age
Answer: c
Topic: How Is Aging Defined?
Learning Objective: 1.2: Define precise terminology for the scope and characteristics of
aging
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - Ageism, like sexism, attributes certain traits to solely because of a
characteristic they share (in this case, a certain age).
a. the worst members of a group
b. all members of a group
c. selected members of a group
d. the oldest members of a group
Answer: b
Topic: How Is Aging Defined?
Learning Objective: 1.2: Define precise terminology for the scope and characteristics of
aging
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - A group of people born at approximately the same time and sharing many life experiences is
known as
a. a sinecure.
b. a crony.
c. an accomplice.
d. a cohort.
Answer: d
Topic: How Is Aging Defined?
Learning Objective: 1.2: Define precise terminology for the scope and characteristics of
aging
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
- Active aging is most closely related to
a. healthy living.
b. economic status.
c. resilience.
d. marital status.
Answer: c
Topic: An Active Aging Framework
Learning Objective: 1.3: Expand the active aging framework with respect to resilience and
life course
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - Optimizing opportunities for health, participation, and security to enhance the quality of life
as people age is known as
a. social well-being.
b. social determinism.
c. healthy living.
d. active aging.
Answer: d
Topic: An Active Aging Framework
Learning Objective: 1.3: Expand the active aging framework with respect to resilience and
life course
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate - Education, employment, and health care are of health that influence active aging.
a. physical realities
b. social determinants
c. random attributes
d. social manifestos
Answer: b
Topic: An Active Aging Framework
Learning Objective: 1.3: Expand the active aging framework with respect to resilience and
life course
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Moderate
- An example of “environmental press” as used in social gerontology is
a. the New York Times Science section.
b. a climate change reporter.
c. moving to a new home.
d. lobbying for Medicaid.
Answer: c
Topic: A Person–Environment Perspective on Social Gerontology
Learning Objective: 1.4: Illustrate the person–environment perspective of understanding the
quality of older adults’ lives
Skill Level: Apply What You Know
Difficulty Level: Moderate - Illustrating environmental press concepts, Jackson, a 75-year-old marathoner, typically ran
best when his 78-year-old cousin, who was , ran with him.
a. slightly faster
b. slightly slower
c. much faster
d. much slower
Answer: a
Topic: A Person–Environment Perspective on Social Gerontology
Learning Objective: 1.4: Illustrate the person–environment perspective of understanding the
quality of older adults’ lives
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Difficult - Too little environmental stress can have a on individual performance.
a. negligible effect
b. negative effect
c. positive effect
d. massive effect
Answer: b
Topic: A Person–Environment Perspective on Social Gerontology