According to _____, adolescents and emerging adults engage in high-risk behaviors in order to cope with their fear of death.
a.thanatology
b.terror management theory
c.reincarnation
d.bereavement
b.terror management theory
Asia culture
Worldwide, death is determined when:
a.the person enters locked-in syndrome.
b.the kidneys shut down.
c.noticeable respiration ceases.
d.brain waves cease.
d.brain waves cease.
2. Today, newborns are expected to live on average to age:
a.55.
b.61.
c.72.
d.85.
c.72.
26. Which description is NOT a characteristic of a good death?
a.peaceful
b.quick
c.in familiar surroundings
d.being alone
d.being alone
10. The view that older people choose familiar social contacts who reinforce their generativity, pride, and joy is referred to as:
a.integrity versus despair.
b.socioemotional selectivity theory.
c.stratification theory.
d.disengagement theory.
b.socioemotional selectivity theory.
92. Which culture holds families fully responsible for elder care?
a.European
b.American
c.African
d.Australian
c.African
Which description is NOT a characteristic of a good death?
a.peaceful
b.quick
c.in familiar surroundings
d.being alone
d.being alone
4. What is the fastest-growing age group in the United States?
a.0 to 15
b.20 to 35
c.35 to 65
d.80 and up
d.80 and up
14. The term ageism refers to:
a.the veneration of the elderly.
b.judging people on the basis of chronological age.
c.the view of society held by older people.
d.the demographics of the population pyramid.
b.judging people on the basis of chronological age.
29. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed _____ sequential stages that dying people go through.
a.two
b.five
c.seven
d.ten
b.five
29. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed _____ sequential stages that dying people go through.
a.two
b.five
c.seven
d.ten
b.five
2. Erik Erikson called the final crisis of development:
a.optimization versus compensation.
b.generativity versus stagnation.
c.integrity versus despair.
d.activity versus disengagement.
c.integrity versus despair.
27. Which theory of aging proposes that the body breaks down, part by part, after years of use?
a.wear-and-tear
b.secondary aging
c.free-radical hypothesis
d.cellular accident
a.wear-and-tear
62. _______has the highest proportion of elderly in the world.
a.The United States
b.Bulgaria
c.Sweden
d.Japan
d.Japan
According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the first stage of dying is:
a.anger.
b.denial.
c.depression.
d.bargaining.
b.denial.
35. The maximum life span is _____ years for humans.
a.13
b.55
c.122
d.180
c.122
Age, gender, ethnicity, and income are the four major categories of _____; as such, they can limit choice at every stage of life.
a.cognitive development
b.socioeconomic status
c.self theories
d.stratification
d.stratification
_____ theories claim that social forces limit individual choice and direct life, especially in late adulthood.
a.Dynamic
b.Self
c.Stratification
d.Stage
c.Stratification
In the United States, the trend has been toward _____ nursing home residents.
a.more
b.a stable number of
c.fewer
d.trying to increase the number of
c.fewer