Relationships
According to research, marital satisfaction tends to be the highest
A. in the first year
B. in the third and fourth years
C. in the fifth to eighth year
D. after 10 years
A. in the first year
Getting rid of older workers by using retirement incentives is an example of
A. the glass ceiling.
B. age discrimination.
C. stereotypes.
D. age harassment.
B. age discrimination.
When is death anxiety at its lowest?
A. emerging adulthood
B. young adulthood
C. middle adulthood
D. late adulthood
D. late adulthood
Contrary to popular belief, Social Security is not a(n)
A. entitlement plan.
B. pay-as-you-go plan.
C. savings plan.
D. health insurance plan.
C. savings plan.
Social Security began in 1935 as an initiative by President
A. Eisenhower.
B. Roosevelt.
C. Hoover.
D. Clinton.
B. Roosevelt.
Some middle-aged couples have grown apart yet continue to live together, a situation sometimes referred to as
A. estrangement.
B. married singles.
C. emotional independence.
D. married friends.
B. married singles.
How much savings does one need to have in order to be comfortable in retirement? A good rule of thumb is
A. 25% of your current income.
B. 45–50% of your current income.
C. 70–80% of your current income.
D. Because one cannot predict how long one will live or what health problems one might encounter in the future, there is no way to predict how much money one will need in retirement.
C. 70–80% of your current income.
Death anxiety is consistently higher among
A. atheists
B. individuals with terminal illness
C. individuals who participate consistently in religious activities
D. individuals who do not participate consistently in religious activities
D. individuals who do not participate consistently in religious activities
To be eligible for Medicare, a person must meet one of three criteria. Which of the following is not one of those criteria?
A. Be over age 65
B. Be disabled
C. Be below the poverty line
D. Have permanent kidney failure
C. Be below the poverty line
The key strategies for successful aging include all of the following except
A. maintaining an optimistic outlook.
B. having plenty of resources.
C. having a social network.
D. having sound health habits.
B. having plenty of resources.
Erin is a middle-aged wife and mother of adolescent children. Her mother had a stroke and just moved into her home. Erin is feeling tension from her mother and her children, which is a common characteristic of
A. partner caregivers.
B. the sandwich generation.
C. the babyboomer generation.
D. women who are depressed.
B. the sandwich generation.
Why is there a trend for companies to hire older workers, particularly on a part-time basis?
A. They need the expertise older workers bring.
B. The type of benefits older workers may (or may not) need might make them less expensive employees.
C. Older workers are more flexible in terms of hours.
D. All of these are reasons why hiring older workers is a good option for many companies.
D. All of these are reasons why hiring older workers is a good option for many companies.
_____________ refers to allowing a person to die by withholding available treatment.
A. Active euthanasia
B. Invoking a living will
C. Advance directive
D. Passive euthanasia
D. Passive euthanasia
By 2030, the ratio of workers to retirees will likely
A. be similar to the current level—3:1.
B. decrease to 2:1.
C. increase to 4:1.
D. be unimportant because Social Security will not exist.
B. decrease to 2:1.
Which of the following responses would be considered a normal sign of grief?
A. sadness
B. anger
C. denial
D. All of these are correct
D. All of these are correct
As time goes on and stresses increase, marital satisfaction goes down. For many couples, the reason for this drop is having children. However, which of the following statements provides evidence that it is not simply having children that causes this decline?
A. The fussier the child, the more marital satisfaction declines.
B. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time.
C. Lack of homogamy is a key predictor of marital dissatisfaction.
D. Younger married couples tend to be more emotionally negative and express fewer positive emotions.
B. Child-free couples experience a decline in marital satisfaction over time.
Whether retirement has negative effects on one’s health has much to do with
A. how financially secure one is after retirement.
B. how many leisure activities one participates in.
C. whether one was forced to retire or did so voluntarily.
D. age at retirement. More negative health effects are seen in those who retire at younger ages.
C. whether one was forced to retire or did so voluntarily.
Which of the following is characteristic of the separation distress found in prolonged or complicated grief disorder?
A. Longing and searching for the deceased
B. Feelings of disbelief about the death
C. The experience of the physical presence of the deceased
D. Detachment from others
A. Longing and searching for the deceased
A cancer screening test is an example of
A. primary prevention.
B. secondary prevention.
C. tertiary prevention.
D. quaternary prevention.
B. secondary prevention.
Perhaps the biggest change in grandparenting worldwide is the number of grandparents who
A. serve as custodial parents or primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
B. are financially dependent on their grown grandchildren.
C. live in different countries than their grandchildren.
D. live in their grandchildren’s homes.
A. serve as custodial parents or primary caregivers for their grandchildren.
Your cousin and her fiancé are planning on marrying. Both of them dropped out of school before completing high school. What is the likelihood that they will get divorced during the first five years of marriage?
A. 13%
B. 20%
C. 27%
D. 33%
D. 33%
A term for the level in a corporation that women may rise to but not go beyond is
A. glass ceiling.
B. gender barrier.
C. hidden discrimination.
D. overt sexism.
A. glass ceiling.
Johnnie was just diagnosed with lung cancer and has been given 6 months to live. Johnnie thinks the doctors must be wrong. He can’t have cancer because he never smoked. This would illustrate which of Kübler-Ross’s stages?
A. Denial
B. Bargaining
C. Depression
D. Acceptance
A. Denial
Jose has been in the hospital for several weeks due to heart problems. Everyday a nurse helps Jose sit up in bed and move around some to prevent fluid build-up and blood clotting. This could be seen as a
A. primary prevention.
B. secondary prevention.
C. tertiary prevention.
D. quaternary prevention.
C. tertiary prevention.
The theory of __________ states that people find mates based upon their similarity to each other.
A. Differential mating
B. Homogamy effect
C. Nonrandom mating
D. Assortive mating
D. Assortive mating