HDFS 2200 - Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions
accommodation Correct Answer people change their schemas
in response to new information about the world they live in
-when you change yourself in order to fit the larger culture that
you're now a part of, you are engaging in accommodation: You
are the one who is changing
According to the activity theory what happens if people are
forced to give up their roles? Correct Answer they will lose a
major source of identity as well as their social connections
Activity theory Correct Answer view that older adults are
most satisfied if they can remain involved in their social roles
Advantages to multivariate correlational designs Correct
Answer -can control for confounding variables
-allow investigations for causality
-provide ways to examine change over time
aerobic capacity Correct Answer the maximum amount of
oxygen that can be delivered through the blood
aerobic exercise recommendation Correct Answer o 150
minutes of moderate activity per week
o No less than 10 minutes for each session
Age = Correct Answer time of measurement - time of birth
(cohort)
,age studies Correct Answer how many years (or months) has
the person lived
Age-as-leveler view Correct Answer as people become older,
age overrides all other "isms"
-Older adults, no matter their prior status or "isms", all become
victim of the same ageistic stereotypes (e.g., gender, minority
status, social class, etc.)
Ageism Correct Answer a form of stereotyping based on age
that can have many negative consequences
-Founded on overgeneralizations about individuals based on a
set of characteristics that have negative social meaning
archival research Correct Answer uses existing resources
containing data relevant to a question about a topic (like aging)
Are case reports quantitative or qualitative? Correct Answer
qualitative
Are daily diaries quantitative or qualitative? Correct Answer
qualitative
Are epidemiological studies quantitative or qualitative? Correct
Answer Quantitative
Are interviews/focus groups qualitative or quantitative?
Correct Answer qualitative
Are observational studies quantitative or qualitative? Correct
Answer qualitative
,Are studies on aging true experiments? Correct Answer
Studies on aging are never true experiments because age cannot
be manipulated or randomly-assigned.
-Age is not a true independent variable!
-Cannot say that aging "causes" people to produce certain
dependent variables (scores, results, behaviors, etc.)
Are surveys & questionnaires qualitative or quantitative?
Correct Answer quantitative
As people age do they become more alike or more different?
Correct Answer as people age they become more different
from each other - principle of individuality
assimilation Correct Answer people use their existing
schemas to understand the world around them
- Instead of changing themselves to fit the culture, they change
their perception of the culture to fit their own way of
understanding it
autoimmune theory Correct Answer proposes that aging is
due to faulty immune system functioning in which the immune
system attacks the body's own cells
Autonomy v. shame/doubt Correct Answer young children
learn ways to act independently from their parents without
feeling afraid
, Baby Boom generation Correct Answer the term used to
describe people born in the post-World War II years of 1946 to
1964
Belmont Report Correct Answer respect for persons,
beneficence, justice
beneficence Correct Answer minimizing potential harms and
maximizing benefits of participation
Biological age Correct Answer the age of an individual's
bodily systems
Biological aspect of the biopsychosocial model Correct
Answer physical changes, genetics
Biopsychosocial perspective to physical changes in aging
Correct Answer physical changes can also reflect the influence
of social factors like social class, race, gender, and income.
Physical changes interact with identity and influence the "psych"
component as physical changes can shape our sense of self.
Bone mass progression for females and males. Correct Answer
Bone mass peaks in early adulthood for men and women but
declines more abruptly for women due to menopause.
Bone remodeling Correct Answer old cells are destroyed and
replaced by new cells.
Can correlations infer causality? Correct Answer NO
accommodation Correct Answer people change their schemas
in response to new information about the world they live in
-when you change yourself in order to fit the larger culture that
you're now a part of, you are engaging in accommodation: You
are the one who is changing
According to the activity theory what happens if people are
forced to give up their roles? Correct Answer they will lose a
major source of identity as well as their social connections
Activity theory Correct Answer view that older adults are
most satisfied if they can remain involved in their social roles
Advantages to multivariate correlational designs Correct
Answer -can control for confounding variables
-allow investigations for causality
-provide ways to examine change over time
aerobic capacity Correct Answer the maximum amount of
oxygen that can be delivered through the blood
aerobic exercise recommendation Correct Answer o 150
minutes of moderate activity per week
o No less than 10 minutes for each session
Age = Correct Answer time of measurement - time of birth
(cohort)
,age studies Correct Answer how many years (or months) has
the person lived
Age-as-leveler view Correct Answer as people become older,
age overrides all other "isms"
-Older adults, no matter their prior status or "isms", all become
victim of the same ageistic stereotypes (e.g., gender, minority
status, social class, etc.)
Ageism Correct Answer a form of stereotyping based on age
that can have many negative consequences
-Founded on overgeneralizations about individuals based on a
set of characteristics that have negative social meaning
archival research Correct Answer uses existing resources
containing data relevant to a question about a topic (like aging)
Are case reports quantitative or qualitative? Correct Answer
qualitative
Are daily diaries quantitative or qualitative? Correct Answer
qualitative
Are epidemiological studies quantitative or qualitative? Correct
Answer Quantitative
Are interviews/focus groups qualitative or quantitative?
Correct Answer qualitative
Are observational studies quantitative or qualitative? Correct
Answer qualitative
,Are studies on aging true experiments? Correct Answer
Studies on aging are never true experiments because age cannot
be manipulated or randomly-assigned.
-Age is not a true independent variable!
-Cannot say that aging "causes" people to produce certain
dependent variables (scores, results, behaviors, etc.)
Are surveys & questionnaires qualitative or quantitative?
Correct Answer quantitative
As people age do they become more alike or more different?
Correct Answer as people age they become more different
from each other - principle of individuality
assimilation Correct Answer people use their existing
schemas to understand the world around them
- Instead of changing themselves to fit the culture, they change
their perception of the culture to fit their own way of
understanding it
autoimmune theory Correct Answer proposes that aging is
due to faulty immune system functioning in which the immune
system attacks the body's own cells
Autonomy v. shame/doubt Correct Answer young children
learn ways to act independently from their parents without
feeling afraid
, Baby Boom generation Correct Answer the term used to
describe people born in the post-World War II years of 1946 to
1964
Belmont Report Correct Answer respect for persons,
beneficence, justice
beneficence Correct Answer minimizing potential harms and
maximizing benefits of participation
Biological age Correct Answer the age of an individual's
bodily systems
Biological aspect of the biopsychosocial model Correct
Answer physical changes, genetics
Biopsychosocial perspective to physical changes in aging
Correct Answer physical changes can also reflect the influence
of social factors like social class, race, gender, and income.
Physical changes interact with identity and influence the "psych"
component as physical changes can shape our sense of self.
Bone mass progression for females and males. Correct Answer
Bone mass peaks in early adulthood for men and women but
declines more abruptly for women due to menopause.
Bone remodeling Correct Answer old cells are destroyed and
replaced by new cells.
Can correlations infer causality? Correct Answer NO
