Quiz 8

Question 1

The difference between maximum life span and average life span is that maximum life span is the oldest possible age for a specific species while average life span is the average life span of a group. T/F

Answer 1

T

Question 2

Why do some elders become hoarders?

Answer 2

To hang on to the past/memories

Question 3

What is the positivity effect

Answer 3

When you start to remember more good that bad.

Question 4

What are the disadvantages or elder speak?

Answer 4

Not helping their communication skills

Question 5

What truly causes aging?

Answer 5

Wear and tear

Question 6

Why is it dangerous for the elderly to drive?

Answer 6

Impaired vision; delayed reaction time

Question 7

_______ theory is the view that aging makes a persons social sphere more narrow, resulting in role relinquishment, withdrawal, and passivity

Answer 7

Disengagement

Question 8

______ theory is the view that Elderly people want and need to remain active in social spheres with relatives, friends, and community groups; therefore, become withdrawn only unwillingly as a result of ageism

Answer 8

Activity

Question 9

Some elders are happier working T/F

Answer 9

True

Question 10

Eriksons 8th stage of development

Answer 10

Integrity and despair

Question 11

People being categorized and judged spelt on the basis of their chronological age is

Answer 11

Ageism

Question 12

I an earlier era, there were 20 times more children than older people, and only 50 years ago, the world had 7 times more people under the age of 15 than over 65. This is an example of

Answer 12

Demographic shift

Question 13

What is usually the first sense you lose as you age?

Answer 13

Vision

Question 14

A living arrangement for elderly people that combines privacy and independence with medical supervision is

Answer 14

Assisted living

Question 15

What is a centenarian?

Answer 15

A person who is 100 years or older

Question 16

What eye problems do you get as you get older?

Answer 16

Glaucoma and cataracts

Question 17

What is the maximum life expectancy under ideal circumstances

Answer 17

122

Question 18

What is the universal and irreversible change that occurs in all living creatures as they get older?

Answer 18

Cellular degeneration

Question 19

What is the irreversible loss of intellectual functioning caused by organic brain damage or disease?

Answer 19

Dementia

Question 20

What is the temporary loss of memory often accompanied by hallucinations, terrors, grandiosity, and irrational behavior?

Answer 20

Delusional

Question 21

What is the way in which molecules and cells are affected by age?

Answer 21

cellular

Question 22

What is thanatology?

Answer 22

The scientific study of death. And the practices associated with it including the study of the needs. Of the terminally ill and their families

Question 23

What experiences seem to make more people spiritual, less materialistic, and more appreciative of others

Answer 23

Near death experience

Question 24

What is the health care proxy

Answer 24

Let’s your point another person to Express your wishes and make healthcare decisions for you if you cannot speak yourself