GERO 200 EXAM 1 - UNL – BOLIN QUESTIONS
The generation of americans born between 1946 and 1964. - answer -baby boomer
Aging stereotypes have become more positive over time - answer -true
Job performance peaks in early adulthood regardless of the profession - answer -false
Caloric restrictions can lower the risk of health conditions in older adults - answer -true
Lung cancer is the most common cancer for women in america today - answer -false
Some genes that code for late-life diseases may also have positive effects - answer -
true
Life review is a key task of stage 8 in the human development model - answer -true
Personality change is a part of normal aging, just like gray hair and wrinkled skin. -
answer -false
Fear of aging can be reflected in the non-use of privileges like senior discounts -
answer -true
Dementia is the most common mental health diagnosis for older adults - answer -false
Memory loss in older adults is always a sign of alzheimer's disease - answer -false
In the movie industry, age discrimination is considered to be a greater problem for men
than for women. - answer -false
According to the social exchange theory, the oldest-old (85+), benefit most form the
intergenerational relationships. - answer -true
The scientific study of aging, study of elderly as a special population, multidisciplinary,
and a field that started in the beginning of the 50s. - answer -gerontology
In developed countries such as the us, the legal definition of the 'old' is considered to be
this age - answer -65
Physiological deterioration due to the normal aging is described today as - answer -
senescense
This psychologist developed the idea of 'gender splitting' during adulthood - answer -
david levinson
The generation of americans born between 1946 and 1964. - answer -baby boomer
Aging stereotypes have become more positive over time - answer -true
Job performance peaks in early adulthood regardless of the profession - answer -false
Caloric restrictions can lower the risk of health conditions in older adults - answer -true
Lung cancer is the most common cancer for women in america today - answer -false
Some genes that code for late-life diseases may also have positive effects - answer -
true
Life review is a key task of stage 8 in the human development model - answer -true
Personality change is a part of normal aging, just like gray hair and wrinkled skin. -
answer -false
Fear of aging can be reflected in the non-use of privileges like senior discounts -
answer -true
Dementia is the most common mental health diagnosis for older adults - answer -false
Memory loss in older adults is always a sign of alzheimer's disease - answer -false
In the movie industry, age discrimination is considered to be a greater problem for men
than for women. - answer -false
According to the social exchange theory, the oldest-old (85+), benefit most form the
intergenerational relationships. - answer -true
The scientific study of aging, study of elderly as a special population, multidisciplinary,
and a field that started in the beginning of the 50s. - answer -gerontology
In developed countries such as the us, the legal definition of the 'old' is considered to be
this age - answer -65
Physiological deterioration due to the normal aging is described today as - answer -
senescense
This psychologist developed the idea of 'gender splitting' during adulthood - answer -
david levinson
