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Activity Director Certification Exam
Study Guide
continuum of care - Ans:✔✔-Levels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the
community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled nursing
facilities.
professional organization - Ans:✔✔-nonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working
conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - Ans:✔✔-The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations
CMS - Ans:✔✔-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled nursing
facilities
life course perspective - Ans:✔✔-How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon
how a person chooses his / her life choices
Theories of Aging - Ans:✔✔-Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and
tear theories
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Abraham Maslow - Ans:✔✔-Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate psychological
need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
Erik Erikson - Ans:✔✔-Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in those
stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - Ans:✔✔-psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance
cohort effect - Ans:✔✔-consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and dealing with
its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - Ans:✔✔-the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity
over the life span
social clock - Ans:✔✔-the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and
retirement
social gerontology - Ans:✔✔-a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and sociological)
aspects of aging
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Activity Director Certification Exam
Study Guide
continuum of care - Ans:✔✔-Levels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the
community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled nursing
facilities.
professional organization - Ans:✔✔-nonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working
conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - Ans:✔✔-The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations
CMS - Ans:✔✔-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled nursing
facilities
life course perspective - Ans:✔✔-How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon
how a person chooses his / her life choices
Theories of Aging - Ans:✔✔-Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and
tear theories
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, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Abraham Maslow - Ans:✔✔-Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate psychological
need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
Erik Erikson - Ans:✔✔-Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in those
stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - Ans:✔✔-psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining,
depression, acceptance
cohort effect - Ans:✔✔-consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and dealing with
its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - Ans:✔✔-the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity
over the life span
social clock - Ans:✔✔-the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and
retirement
social gerontology - Ans:✔✔-a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and sociological)
aspects of aging
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