Unit 5 Test

Question 1

Factors that are increasing the age of the population

Answer 1

Increased life expectancy and decreased birthrates

Question 2

Life expectancy in America of men vs women

Answer 2

Women tend to live longer because they are more aware of the changes in their bodies. Men are also unlikely to express mental or physical discomfort.

Question 3

Life expectancy for widows vs. non-widows

Answer 3

Non-widows tend to live longer as widows often wish to die due to loneliness.

Question 4

Common stereotypes of the elderly

Answer 4

• Old people become senile
• Old people get sick
• Old people are set in their ways and don’t like change
• Old people are withdrawn from life and useless to society

Question 5

The elderly who have more money also have more prestige and are treated with more respect than those who may not have
been able to save for retirement.

Answer 5

Ageism

Question 6

Causes of poverty in retirement

Answer 6

• Loss of work
• Low social security payments
• Lack of pensions
• Inflation
• Fraud

Question 7

A pool of payments set aside from your employer to help with funds

Answer 7

Pension

Question 8

Funded by taking a percentage of working Americans’ income. It is the most significant source of income for the elderly but funds are decreasing over time.

Answer 8

Social Security

Question 9

Causes of prestige decline in advanced societies

Answer 9

Technology decreases the prestige of the elderly as jobs are replaced with machines.

Question 10

Culture of aging and how it effects the elderly

Answer 10

Life expectancy and age stratification

Question 11

Societies where the elderly have the most prestige

Answer 11

Japan

Question 12

Cultures with high elderly prestige

Answer 12

Japanese

Question 13

Erikson’s stages of development

Answer 13

• Stage 1 (infancy): trust versus mistrust
• Stage 2 (early childhood): autonomy versus doubt
• Stage 3 (ages 4 to 5): initiative versus guilt
• Stage 4 (ages 6 to 11): industry versus inferiority
• Stage 5 (adolescence): identity versus role confusion
• Stage 6 (young adulthood): intimacy versus isolation
• Stage 7 (middle age): generativity versus self-absorption
• Stage 8 (old age): integrity versus despair

Question 14

Stages of grief

Answer 14

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Negotiation
4. Resignation - realizing we cannot control everything
5. Acceptance