LATE ADULTHOOD THEORIES
CULTURE
DEATH & DYING
STATISTICS & NUMBERS
GENERAL
100

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

100

As a value, filial responsibility is especially strong in:

a.Europe.

b.South America.

c.Asia.

d.Africa.


Asia culture

100

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.

100

2. Today, newborns are expected to live on average to age:


a.55.

b.61.

c.72.

d.85.


c.72.

100

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

200

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.

200

92. Which culture holds families fully responsible for elder care?

a.European

b.American

c.African

d.Australian

c.African

200

Which description is NOT a characteristic of a good death?

a.peaceful

b.quick

c.in familiar surroundings

d.being alone

d.being alone

200

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

200

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.

300

29. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed _____ sequential stages that dying people go through.

a.two

b.five

c.seven

d.ten

b.five

300

42. In the United States, most deaths occur:

a.at home.

b.in hospitals.

c.in nursing homes.

d.at hospice.


ANSWER: 

b

b.in hospitals.

300

29. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross proposed _____ sequential stages that dying people go through.

a.two

b.five

c.seven

d.ten

b.five

300

5. In the United States, only 3 percent of older people over the age of 64 live:

a.at home.

b.in nursing homes.

c.with an adult child.

d.independently.

b.in nursing homes.

300

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.

400

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

400

62. _______has the highest proportion of elderly in the world.


a.The United States

b.Bulgaria

c.Sweden

d.Japan

d.Japan

400

According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the first stage of dying is:

a.anger.

b.denial.

c.depression.

d.bargaining.

b.denial.

400

35. The maximum life span is _____ years for humans.

a.13

b.55

c.122

d.180

c.122

400

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

500

 _____ 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

500

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

500

42. Generally, where do the elderly prefer to live?

a.in a planned retirement community

b.with their children or other relatives

c.in their own homes

d.in nursing homes

c.in their own homes