Social Problems Ch 6 Review Dane Blanchard

Question 1

A socially constructed concept that people achieve certain milestones at certain ages in life.

Accepted Answer

Life course

Question 2

Men are more likely to experience social isolation because men live longer than women.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects people ____ and older in work settings.

Accepted Answer

40

Question 4

Women are more likely to be institutionalized in nursing homes than men.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Seniors are working longer because they either need to or want to.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Whose administration created Social Security under the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 7

Discrimination based on age is called ______.

Accepted Answer

Ageism

Question 8

Hospice care focuses more on quantity of life over quality of life.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Women are more likely to experience poverty in their lifetime than men.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The "Graying of America" is occurring because of

Accepted Answer

All are correct.

Question 11

Men are more likely to get Alzheimer's Disease than women.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Today, the highest risk of poverty are children.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The most common type of elder abuse is

Accepted Answer

Financial

Question 14

Women are more likely to experience ageism than men.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Poverty rates for seniors have been rising for decades.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

The average number of years a person lives.

Accepted Answer

Life expectancy

Question 17

The most number of years a human can live.

Accepted Answer

Life span

Question 18

Most elder abusers are

Accepted Answer

family.

Question 19

Theory believes it is mutually beneficial for young and old if seniors withdraw from society.

Accepted Answer

Disengagement theory

Question 20

Whose administration created Medicare and Medicaid under the War on Poverty?

Accepted Answer

Lyndon B Johnson

Questions 20