Deck 15: A: Aging and the Elderly

Question 1

The "old-age dependency ratio" refers to the ratio of elderly people to working adults.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Rising birth rates is a major factor driving up the elderly population.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The greatest proportion of very happy elderly people fell into the lowest income category.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Societies around the world define their oldest members in the same way.

Question 5

The elderly population of Canada has been increasing rapidly.

Question 6

As the elderly population of Canada increases,the physical and social segregation of the elderly will almost certainly decline.

Question 7

Increasing longevity is a major factor driving up the elderly population.

Question 8

Age stratification refers to inequality among elderly people.

Question 9

Gerontology is the study of aging and the elderly.

Question 10

The "young old" refers to people under the age of fifty-five.

Question 11

Seniors with higher incomes assess their own health as better compared to seniors with lower income.

Question 12

As people get older,their personalities change so that people who knew them years before would say they are not the same person.

Question 13

In general,industrialization raises the relative social standing of the elderly.

Question 14

In Canada,males typically outlive females.

Question 15

Older people typically report a loss of sensory abilities,such as hearing.

Question 16

In general,higher-income nations have the largest share of elderly people in their populations.

Question 17

Gerontocracy is a form of social organization in which the oldest members of a society have the greatest wealth and power.

Question 18

In hunting and gathering societies,older members are considered a valuable resource to the group.

Question 19

Societies,the world over,define their oldest members in negative terms.

Question 20

Life expectancy is about fifty years in the lowest-income countries today.

Question 21

Careers relating to gerontology are increasingly important in Canada.

Question 22

Activity theory states that a high level of activity enhances personal satisfaction in old age.

Question 23

Women are more likely than men to visit and care for their elderly parents.

Question 24

Modern,high-income societies tend to separate death from living.

Question 25

Euthanasia refers to providing comfort and care to a person who has a terminal illness.

Question 26

Of all age categories,people over the age of sixty-five have the highest poverty rate.

Question 27

Disengagement theory is guided by the symbolic-interaction approach.

Question 28

Elderly people were more likely to retire a century ago than they are today.

Question 29

Aging often leads to fear and self-doubt,because our culture places such a high value on youthfulness.

Question 30

Social isolation is a greater problem for elderly women than for elderly men.

Question 31

In Canada,most elderly men,but not most elderly women,live alone.

Question 32

Ageism is the belief that the oldest people are the wisest and should have the most power.

Question 33

As Gordon Streib sees it,it is not so much that the old grow poor as that the poor grow old.

Question 34

Daniel Callahan argues that we need to reconsider our view of death as an enemy to be conquered at all costs.

Question 35

Poverty rates among the Canadian elderly have increased in recent decades.

Question 36

Social-conflict analysis points to ways in which the elderly are socially disadvantaged.

Question 37

Elder abuse is a form of family violence that often goes unreported to police.

Question 38

Today in Canada,85% of our population dies after the age of 75.

Question 39

By 2050,the elderly population of Canada will exceed the population of the entire country in 1900.