Chapter 12-Aging Flashcards
(15 cards)
Alzheimer’s disease
Definition: A degenerative disease of the brain resulting in progressive loss of mental capacity.
Is relatively race in non-institutional persons under 75, although it afflicts about one-third of all people over 85 in the United States.
The discipline concerned with the study of the social aspects of aging is known as:.
Social Gerontology
The text suggests that future generations may suffer from social isolation more than aged people today because of smaller family sizes, divorce rates, and childlessness. These factors all increase the risk of:
Social loneliness
Prejudice or discrimination based on age is:
Ageism
Most pertinent studies have shown that elder abuse is underreported, largely because:
The elderly may be embarrassed, ashamed, or fearful of retaliation by their abusers and thus may be reluctant to report such experiences.
Which of the following is the thing most feared by Americans about growing old?
Losing their health
You are in your twenties and your employer deducts money from each paycheck that goes to a fund for social security and Medicare. Who is most likely to benefit from the money taken from your paycheck for these programs?
Your parents will eventually receive the benefits.
Norms, values, and roles that are culturally associated with particular chronological point in a person’s life make up the person’s:
Social age
According to 1950s functionalists theorists Talcott Parsons, U.S Society needed to find roles for elderly people that were appropriate for their age, and his argument was that this resulted from the fact that:
U.S. Society tended to overemphasize youth and deny death
Older adults who are engaged with community activities such as volunteering or part-time work are one of the reasons why_____________ theory might not be as sound as its proponents suggest.
Disengagement
The theory advocating that both society people who are elderly can benefit if elderly people remain society actively engaged in work and other social roles as long as they can is:
Activity theory
The second generation of theories of aging focused on:
Sources of social conflict between the elderly and the larger society.
The source of many of the problems of aging, according to social conflict theories, is that:
Social institutions favor those who have the most economy power
As of 2015, almost 12 percent of the elderly population in the United States was foreign born. Differing education levels as well as a lack of reliable retirement income for this population pose a significant barrier in their lives. One additional and highly significant problem that adds to the difficulty is that many:
Do not speak English
Chen is approaching 70 years of age. Rather than taking on a full range of expected roles for an older woman, she takes on just the activities that suit her preferences and those activities she has always enjoyed. If this choice is associated with enhanced mental and physical health for Chen, this would be evidence supportive of the:
Continuity theory
