test 1 deck 1

Question 1

age stratification

Answer 1

emphasizes that a person’s position in the age structure affects behavior or attitudes

Question 2

young old
old old
oldest old

Answer 2

65-74
75-84
85 and over

Question 3

modernization theory of aging

Answer 3

the status of older adults declines as societies become more modern

Question 4

disengagement theory of aging

Answer 4

looks at old age as a time when both older person and society engage in mutual separation retirement from work

Question 5

continuity theory of aging

Answer 5

notes that as people grow older they are inclined to maintain as much as they can the same habits, personality, and style of life they developed earlier in life

Question 6

locus of control

Answer 6

they lose the ability to control such basic matters as bed time and meal choices

Question 7

biomarkers

Answer 7

or biological indicators that can identify features of the basic process of aging

Question 8

reserve capacity

Answer 8

the ability of the body to recover and withstand peak-loan demands, as during physical exertion

Question 9

functional age

Answer 9

measured by biomarkers

Question 10

life span

Answer 10

maximum time for how long a member of a species can survive

Question 11

life expectancy

Answer 11

from birth is the average number of years a person is expected to live

Question 12

free radicals

Answer 12

contributes to physical aging

Question 13

subjective age

Answer 13

age you feel vs. age you are

Question 14

4 typed of suicide

Answer 14

Durkheim 1) altruistic, 2) fatalistic 3 )anomic 4) egotistic

Question 15

egotistic suicide

Answer 15

too little integration, bonds which unite groups weaken and individuality increases

Question 16

Anomic suicide

Answer 16

not enough regulation, individuals are not regulated by norms and values of the group or social order, ex. natural disasters, twin towers

Question 17

altruistic suicide

Answer 17

too much integration, bonds between group too strong so the individual sacrifices themselves ex. cults, feeling like a burden

Question 18

fatalistic suicide

Answer 18

too much regulation, no sense on , society appears to much stifle individuals feel there is not point to living