FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 13

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CHAPTER 13

SOCIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -20 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: america's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following

except:

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medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt Question 2: an older women retires and completely changes her life. she is no longer raising children or working. however, she joins the YWCA to swim every day. she serves on the Friends of the library board. she is part of a neighborhood group that plays Bunco on Sa

Answer:

activity

Question 3: Thanatology is the study of _______.

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death and dying Question 4: in the united states, life expectancy rates in recent decades have ______.

Answer:

continued to gradually rise.

Question 5: which assertion about aging in men would be made by a sociologist following the functionalist perspective?

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men who remain active after retirement play supportive community roles.Question 6: who wrote the book on death and dying, outlining the five stages of grief?

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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Question 7: today in the united states the poverty rate of the elderly is _____.

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increasing Question 8: In Erik Erikson's development stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle?

Answer:

overcoming despair to achieve integrity

Question 9: which action reflects ageism?

Answer:

speaking slowly and loudly when talking to someone over age 65 Question 10: an older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _____ theory.

Answer:

disengagement Question 11: veterans are two to four times more likely to ______ as people who did not serve in the military.

Answer:

commit suicide

Question 12: if elderly people suffer abuse, it is most often perpetrated by_______.

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caregivers Question 13: which factor most increases the risk of an elderly person suffering mistreatment?

Answer:

being frail to the point of dependency on care

Question 14: what is the approximate median age of the united states?

Answer:

37

Question 15: what is the primary driver of modernization theory?

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industrilization Question 16: For individual people of a certain culture, the life course is _______.

Answer:

the typical sequence of events in their lives

Question 17: the "graying of the united states" refers to ______.

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the increasing percentage of the population over 65 Question 18: the measures that compares the number of men to women in a population is

______.

Answer:

sex ratio

Question 19: in most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men.

Answer:

live a few years longer

Question 20: the age discrimination in employment act counteracts which theory.

Answer:

age stratification