Quiz: Aging Theories and Aging
Process
Question 1 2pts
Which of the following is NOT a social theory on aging?
Group of answer choices
Role theory, the person-environment perspective and continuity theory
Cognitive behavioral therapy, social constructionism, and disengagement
and activity theories.
The person-environment perspective, social constructionism, and role theory
Continuity theory, Social constructionism, and role theory
Question 2 2pts
In the absence of disease, the human brain
Group of answer choices
Only learns what is physically experienced
Reaches capacity for memory in the late 50s
Only learns what is emotionally experience
Has almost unlimited capacity for memory
Question 3 2pts
The two primary types of cardiovascular disease that contribute to making
heart disease the number one killer and older adults is
Group of answer choices
Stroke and heart attack
Coronary artery disease and hypertension
Genetic history and lack of exercise
High cholesterol and hypertension
Question 4 2pts
Crystallized intelligence means
Group of answer choices
Based on accumulating information, that intelligence does increase or at
least is maintained well into old age
Based on recall of information, that intelligence does not increase into old
age
Older individuals only remember information from their long-term memory
bank
Older individuals only remember information from their short-term memory
bank
Question 5 2pts
The scientific community does not agree on what initiates the biological
aging process, but the primary theories currently espoused fall into which
three categories?
Group of answer choices
Genetic editing,#cross-linked cells and free radicals, and changes in the
immunological system
Genetic programming, cell development, and changes in the immunological
system.
Genetic programming, cross-linked cells and free radicals, and changes in
the physiological system.
Genetic programming, cross-linked cells and free radicals, and changes in
the immunological system.
Question 6 2pts
According to, McInnis-Dittrich, what changes associated with the natural
aging process are often the first overt signals to adults that they are moving
from middle-aged becoming an older adult?
Group of answer choices
Biological changes
Emotional changes
Psychological changes
Development of medical issues
Question 7 2pts
In the absence of disease, older adults lose the ability to perform complex
tasks remember important information regardless of time.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 8 2pts
It is estimated that between 34% and 54% of community-dwelling older
adults experience incontinence at some time in their lives
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 9 2pts
Most older adults lose some sensory acuity in their sight, hearing, taste, and
smell and develop a higher sensory threshold and their sense of touch.
Group of answer choices
True
False
Question 10 2pts
Social support is one of the most important predictors of satisfaction and
emotional well-being among older adults.
Group of answer choices
True
False
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