Ch 11: Aging and the Life Course

Question 1

______ is biological, but has significant social implications

Answer 1

age

Question 2

_____ is significant in the coordination of behavior and considered a master status

Answer 2

age

Question 3

_____ are expectations about behavior considered appropriate for people of a given age

Answer 3

age norms

Question 4

______ aging - physical parts; from how we look to how our bodies react to ill

Answer 4

physical

Question 5

______ aging - the thinking parts; knowledge, cognition, emotions

Answer 5

psychological

Question 6

______ aging - deals with social roles, the life course, and age norms

Answer 6

social

Question 7

The physical and the psychological impact the social, but much of aging is ________

Answer 7

socially constructed

Question 8

______ is often patterned, just like everything else people do

Answer 8

aging

Question 9

_______ impacts social interaction in many ways

Answer 9

The Life Course

Question 10

______ is often patterned

Answer 10

aging

Question 11

Life-course events occur over a wide range of paths related to

Answer 11

culture, ethnicity, gender, social class, sexuality, etc

Question 12

The _____ refers to one specific grouping, defined as old, elderly, or senior citizens

Answer 12

aged

Question 13

The aged occupies the latter part of the aging process or toward the end of the _____

Answer 13

life span

Question 14

_____, prejudice and discrimination based on age, is perpetuated by stereotypes

Answer 14

ageism

Question 15

policy issues: ______

Answer 15

social security

Question 16

social issues: _________

Answer 16

violence and elder care issues

Question 17

job market: increasing ___________________

Answer 17

working population/job completion

Question 18

______ is a very social thing

Answer 18

death

Question 19

People will enter a ______ as people live longer and the need for more significant medical care increases

Answer 19

hospice care

Question 20

Death, which was originally seen as a “private” thing is increasingly becoming managed by ________

Answer 20

bureaucratic organizations/groups

Question 21

_____ is also called “mercy killing” or “elective death”

Answer 21

euthanasia

Question 22

______ is the deliberate ending of a person’s life to spare him or her suffering from an incurable and agonizing disease

Answer 22

euthanasia

Question 23

______ suggests that the elderly who remain active will be the best adjusted

Answer 23

activity theory