Chapter 02: Theories of Aging
Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the major objection to the disengagement theory?
a. The theory justifies ageism.
b. The theory addresses the diversity of older adults.
c. The theory does not clarify the aging process.
d. The theory diminishes the self-esteem of the older adult.
ANS: A
The disengagement theory seems to justify ageism by proposing that there is a mutual
desire between the community and the older adult to be disengaged. According to the
theory, this desire apparently does not diminish self-esteem because the older adult
desires to be disengaged.
PTS: 1 DIF: 4 REF: p. 31 OBJ: 3
TOP: Disengagement Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation NOT:
Understanding
2. An 80-year-old teaches Sunday school each week and delivers food for Meals on Wheels.
What theory of aging would apply?
a. Newman’s developmental
b. The life course
c. The activity
d. The disengagement
, ANS: C
Purposeful activity increases self-esteem and maintains cognitive function well into
older age.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 31 OBJ: 3
TOP: Activity Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A NOT: Applying
3. The nurse would recognize successful aging according to Jung’s theory when a long-term
care facility resident demonstrates which behavior?
a. The resident takes special care to dress for dinner in a manner that pleases his
tablemates.
b. The resident asks permission to sit on the patio with other residents.
c. The resident asks persons in his hall if his television is bothering them.
d. The resident wears a large cowboy hat at all times because he likes it.
ANS: D
Jung describes a successful adjustment to aging as being accepting and valuing of self
regardless of the view of others.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: pp. 31-32 OBJ: 3
TOP: Jung’s Developmental Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data
Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and
Development
NOT: Applying
4. How would an older adult female be most likely to reduce the amount of the free radical
lipofuscin?
a. Avoid animal fat.
Williams: Basic Geriatric Nursing, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the major objection to the disengagement theory?
a. The theory justifies ageism.
b. The theory addresses the diversity of older adults.
c. The theory does not clarify the aging process.
d. The theory diminishes the self-esteem of the older adult.
ANS: A
The disengagement theory seems to justify ageism by proposing that there is a mutual
desire between the community and the older adult to be disengaged. According to the
theory, this desire apparently does not diminish self-esteem because the older adult
desires to be disengaged.
PTS: 1 DIF: 4 REF: p. 31 OBJ: 3
TOP: Disengagement Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Coping and Adaptation NOT:
Understanding
2. An 80-year-old teaches Sunday school each week and delivers food for Meals on Wheels.
What theory of aging would apply?
a. Newman’s developmental
b. The life course
c. The activity
d. The disengagement
, ANS: C
Purposeful activity increases self-esteem and maintains cognitive function well into
older age.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: p. 31 OBJ: 3
TOP: Activity Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A NOT: Applying
3. The nurse would recognize successful aging according to Jung’s theory when a long-term
care facility resident demonstrates which behavior?
a. The resident takes special care to dress for dinner in a manner that pleases his
tablemates.
b. The resident asks permission to sit on the patio with other residents.
c. The resident asks persons in his hall if his television is bothering them.
d. The resident wears a large cowboy hat at all times because he likes it.
ANS: D
Jung describes a successful adjustment to aging as being accepting and valuing of self
regardless of the view of others.
PTS: 1 DIF: 7 REF: pp. 31-32 OBJ: 3
TOP: Jung’s Developmental Theory KEY: Nursing Process Step: Data
Collection
MSC: NCLEX: Health Promotion and Maintenance: Growth and
Development
NOT: Applying
4. How would an older adult female be most likely to reduce the amount of the free radical
lipofuscin?
a. Avoid animal fat.
