BEHS 380 END OF LIFE: ISSUES AND
PERSPECTIVES QUIZ 1 CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Abraham Flexner.
Answer: flexner report in 1910john hopkins school of medicine- model for
med ed medical school should be full time, research orientedall current med
school students were evaluated average life expectancy increased and infant
mortality decreased
◍ Gerontophilia means....
Answer: honoring old age.
◍ The United States appears to be undergoing a shift in cultural values toward
a lower status for the elderly... True or False?.
Answer: False.
◍ A major factor contributing to increases in the proportion of elderly in the
United States is....
Answer: reduced birthrates.
◍ Death anxiety.
Answer: fear of death
◍ children's understanding of death- Piaget.
Answer: pre operational- due to "magical thinking" they may think they
caused the death of someone they wished would go awayconcrete- they can
see death as permanent and significant formal- they are able to learn the
implications
◍ A boxlike shaped population pyramid for a nation would indicate a....
, Answer: high proportion of elderly.
◍ attachment theories tend to focus on how the parent child relationship helps
the child cope with distressing situations to be socially competent.
Answer: true
◍ death among young (15-24).
Answer: 34,000 die each eyemost common cause is accidents
2nd-homicide3rd-suicide
◍ Analysis of gender differences in life expectancies of Americans shows
that....
Answer: females have longer life expectancies than males at every age,
regardless of race and ethnicity.
◍ Which of the following was an important cause of the change in society's
attitudes toward the elderly in the 1800's?.
Answer: urban and industrialized growth.
◍ causes of congenital malfomation.
Answer: harmful genetic variationspoor nutritiondrugs/alcoholinfection in
the womb
◍ Compared to white males, black males can expect to live....
Answer: more than 6 years less.
◍ The old-age dependency ratio is the number of people....
Answer: 65 years of age and older relative to the working-age population
(18-64).
◍ Non institutionalized elderly living alone are more likely to be men that
women...True or False?.
Answer: False.
◍ TMT- Cultural Conflict.
Answer: when differing cultures come in contact wit hone another there is a
risk they will pose a challenge to one another it can threaten belief in certain
truthsthis can cause culture clash
PERSPECTIVES QUIZ 1 CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ Abraham Flexner.
Answer: flexner report in 1910john hopkins school of medicine- model for
med ed medical school should be full time, research orientedall current med
school students were evaluated average life expectancy increased and infant
mortality decreased
◍ Gerontophilia means....
Answer: honoring old age.
◍ The United States appears to be undergoing a shift in cultural values toward
a lower status for the elderly... True or False?.
Answer: False.
◍ A major factor contributing to increases in the proportion of elderly in the
United States is....
Answer: reduced birthrates.
◍ Death anxiety.
Answer: fear of death
◍ children's understanding of death- Piaget.
Answer: pre operational- due to "magical thinking" they may think they
caused the death of someone they wished would go awayconcrete- they can
see death as permanent and significant formal- they are able to learn the
implications
◍ A boxlike shaped population pyramid for a nation would indicate a....
, Answer: high proportion of elderly.
◍ attachment theories tend to focus on how the parent child relationship helps
the child cope with distressing situations to be socially competent.
Answer: true
◍ death among young (15-24).
Answer: 34,000 die each eyemost common cause is accidents
2nd-homicide3rd-suicide
◍ Analysis of gender differences in life expectancies of Americans shows
that....
Answer: females have longer life expectancies than males at every age,
regardless of race and ethnicity.
◍ Which of the following was an important cause of the change in society's
attitudes toward the elderly in the 1800's?.
Answer: urban and industrialized growth.
◍ causes of congenital malfomation.
Answer: harmful genetic variationspoor nutritiondrugs/alcoholinfection in
the womb
◍ Compared to white males, black males can expect to live....
Answer: more than 6 years less.
◍ The old-age dependency ratio is the number of people....
Answer: 65 years of age and older relative to the working-age population
(18-64).
◍ Non institutionalized elderly living alone are more likely to be men that
women...True or False?.
Answer: False.
◍ TMT- Cultural Conflict.
Answer: when differing cultures come in contact wit hone another there is a
risk they will pose a challenge to one another it can threaten belief in certain
truthsthis can cause culture clash
