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Gerontology Exam 1 Questions and Answers 2024/2025( A+ GRADED 100% VERIFIED).
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Gerontology Exam 1True or False: Depression is more common in older adults? - ANS False
True or false: lung vital capacity tends to decline as people age - ANS True
People over ____ years old are considered older adults. - ANS 65
What is the age range for "young old"? - ANS 65-74
What is the age range for middle old? - ANS 75-84
What is the age for old old? - ANS 85 and older
True or false: People tend to become more religious as they age - ANS true
True or false: The majority of older adults say they are seldom irritated or angry -
ANS true
In the United States, currently 1 in ___ people are older adults - ANS 7
Which group is the fastest growing of the older population in much of the world?
- ANS oldest old
True or false: The majority of older adults stay in their homes and do not move
into LTC facilities - ANS True
True or false: almost half of women 75 and older live alone - ANS true
Highest poverty rates were found for older ____ ___ living alone. - ANS Hispanic
women
True or false: older adults take longer to learn something new - ANS true
What are 5 most common health conditions for older adults? - ANS
hypertension; arthritis; heart disease; cancer; diabetes
, What percent of older adults are working? - ANS 19
Older adults make up ___ percent of the workforce - ANS 5
True or false: older adults have fewer accidents per driver than those under age
65 - ANS true
What impacts how people view and experience getting old? - ANS culture;
gender; resources; living situation; cohort effects; health; personality; education
What is the process by which the capacity for cell division and capacity for
growth and function is lost over time, ultimately leading to death? - ANS
senescence
True or false: There is nothing positive about senescence - ANS True (changes
are degenerative)
What are four ways age can be defined? - ANS chronological; biological;
psychological; social
What type of aging is the length of time lived? - ANS chronological
True or false: chronological age is a good measure of functional age? - ANS
False (people go through changes at different times and rates)
What type of aging looks at an individual's aging compared to the norm? - ANS
Biological
True or false: there is a consensus on how to measure biological age - ANS false
What type of aging looks at a person's mental and cognitive capabilities,
including things like learning, memory and perception? - ANS Psychological
What type of aging is what a society deems appropriate for a person to do? -
ANS Social
What are two categories of theories of aging? - ANS random; programmed
Free-radical oxidation is a ____ theory of aging. - ANS random
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