Question 1

According to a wide body of research, women find financial security most important for well-being in retirement, while men focus more on health issues.

Accepted Answer

Research shows that both men and women consider health and financial security important for well-being in retirement, without a consistent gender-based preference for one over the other. Factors such as individual circumstances, cultural context, and personal values play a significant role in shaping retirement priorities for both genders.

Question 2

Racial and ethnic differences can have an effect on senior living arrangements.

Accepted Answer

Research has shown that racial and ethnic minorities are more likely to live in multigenerational households or with extended family members, while non-Hispanic Whites are more likely to live alone or with a spouse or partner in senior living arrangements. Cultural traditions, socioeconomic factors, and family values can all influence these differences. It's important for senior living providers to understand and accommodate these diverse needs and preferences.

Question 3

Generally, women have more difficulty coping with widowhood than do men.

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Question 4

Although many seniors face difficulties such as declining health, loneliness, and lack of access to transportation, the problem of poverty among the elderly has been eliminated.

Accepted Answer

The statement is false. Poverty among the elderly is still a prevalent problem, with many seniors struggling to make ends meet due to limited income and rising expenses for healthcare and other necessities.

Question 5

Since 1990, the average retirement age has declined.

Accepted Answer

The question states that the average retirement age has declined since 1990, which means it has decreased.

Question 6

Studies have shown that, despite differences in gender and ethnicity, people experience the five stages of grief - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - in the roughly the same order, and for the same length of time.

Accepted Answer

The five stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) as proposed by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross are not experienced by everyone in the same order or for the same length of time. People's experiences with grief vary widely based on individual factors, including personality, coping style, life experience, and the nature of the loss.

Question 7

The research is clear: Marital satisfaction drops when a couple has children, but rises again significantly after the children leave home.

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Question 8

On average, LGBT seniors experience fewer complications from aging than do heterosexual seniors.

Accepted Answer

This statement is false. LGBT seniors often face unique challenges as they age, such as discrimination, lack of social support, and fear of mistreatment in healthcare settings. These factors can lead to higher rates of depression, isolation, and physical health issues, making aging more complicated for LGBT seniors.

Question 9

The Social Security Act was passed in 1935 as a response to the austere poverty many elders faced in the United States.

Accepted Answer

The Social Security Act was indeed passed in 1935 as a response to the widespread poverty many elders faced in the United States. It established a system of old-age benefits for retired workers and their families, as well as provisions for the disabled and unemployed.

Question 10

Companionate grandparenting is a type of grandparenting in which the grandparents and grandchildren are emotionally or physically distant.

Accepted Answer

Companionate grandparenting refers to a style where grandparents perform a supportive role, engaging in leisure activities and providing emotional support without taking on disciplinary responsibilities, indicating closeness rather than distance.

Question 11

The U.S. was among the first of industrial nations to offer cash public pensions to the elderly.

Accepted Answer

Germany was the first country to introduce a public pension system in 1889, well before the United States, which established its Social Security system in 1935.

Question 12

The life-stage perspective claims that development is a lifelong process, is multidirectional, and consists of both positive and negative changes involving gains and losses.

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Question 13

The most common reasons that grandchildren live with their grandparents without their parents present is because of parental substance abuse, inability to care for the child, neglect, and psychological and financial problems.

Accepted Answer

Studies have shown that the most common reasons for grandchildren living with their grandparents without their parents present are parental substance abuse, inability to care for the child, neglect, and psychological and financial problems.

Question 14

The recent rise in the number of "boomerangers" can be attributed mainly to a shortage of available housing.

Accepted Answer

The rise in "boomerangers" (adults moving back in with their parents) is attributed to a variety of factors including economic challenges, job market conditions, student debt, and personal choices, not solely to a shortage of available housing.

Question 15

People who have jobs in knowledge-based activities tend to retire earlier than those in manufacturing jobs.

Accepted Answer

This statement is actually false. According to a research study conducted by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, people who work in knowledge-based activities tend to retire later than those in manufacturing jobs. The study found that professionals and managers tend to work longer than blue-collar or service workers.

Question 16

Involved grandparenting is a type of grandparenting in which the grandparents and grandchildren have frequent interaction or possibly even live together.

Accepted Answer

Involved grandparenting refers to a type of grandparenting in which the grandparents are actively involved in the lives of their grandchildren and have frequent interaction, sometimes even living with them.

Question 17

The life-span perspective claims development proceeds through a fairly set pattern of sequential stages that most people experience.

Accepted Answer

The life-span perspective emphasizes that development is lifelong, multidimensional, plastic, multidisciplinary, and contextual; it does not proceed through a set pattern of sequential stages that are the same for everyone.

Question 18

Adult children are almost four times more likely to receive financial assistance from their aging parents as they are to provide it to them, and almost twice as likely to receive practical and emotional help as they are to give it.

Accepted Answer

This statement is true based on research on intergenerational support between adult children and their aging parents.

Question 19

During early industrialization, almshouses, which housed or provided charity to needy people, were increasingly made up of elderly persons with no money and no family members to turn to for help.

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Question 20

As a couple ages, housework is far more likely to be shared.

Accepted Answer

Research indicates that traditional gender roles often persist as couples age, with women typically continuing to do more housework than men.

Quiz 14: Families in Middle and Later Life