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Hooyman: Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 7e

Chapter 1

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	_____ is the poorest definition of age from a developmental perspective.    Chronological age Sociocultural age Biological age

	Nancy is 65 years old, drives a sports car, and has a teenage daughter. She would be considered to have a young _____.    psychological age chronological age biological age

	The term Social Gerontology was first used by ______.   Parmelee Lawton and Nahemow Clark Tibbits

	_____ comprise the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population.    White children Immigrants People aged 85+

	Geriatrics is the field of study that focuses on _____.    economic well-being in old age maturation clinical aspects of aging

	Demands that the social and physical environment place on the individual are known as _____.    environmental congruence dynamic interactions environmental press

	The theoretical upper limit of an individual's ability to function in health, cognition and behavior is known as _____.    individual competence social press individual adaptability

	As societies become more advanced with improvements in health care and sanitation, the survival curve becomes _____.    more rectangular steeper flatter

	A person with multiple physical disabilities and chronic illnesses has a reduced _______ which may limit their coping ability.   environmental press physical competence psychological competence

	A _______ is a group of people who were born at approximately the same time and therefore share many common experiences.   cohort centenarian geriatric

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