Test questions with answers on social gerontology

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tests with answers on the topic Social Gerontology

Variant 1

^ 1. Gerontology traces its origin

A) to the medical writings of the school of Hippocrates	B) to the teachings of Bacon
C) to the works of 19th-century European scholars	D) to the works of Russian scholars

^ 2. The first handbook on gerontology was written

A) by Hippocrates	B) by Fischer
C) by Nascher	D) by Mechnikov

^ Regular age-related changes in the organism are called

A) homeoresis	B) homeostasis
C) aging	D) gerontogenesis

^ 4. The process that stabilizes the vital activity of the organism, aimed at preventing damage to living systems with age, is called

A) homeostasis	B) vitaukt
C) immunity	D) stability

^ 5. The age period in a person's life – the period of aging that begins after age 60 – is called

A) gerontogenesis	B) ontogenesis
C) homeostasis	D) gerontophilia

^ 6. The main change in a person's cognitive abilities during late adulthood is

A) a decrease in the speed of performing mental operations	B) the appearance of sclerotic foci in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord
C) a decrease in the level of cognitive development	D) all of the answers are correct

7. An age-related disorganization of mental processes typical of old age, as a result of which a person cannot make sense of what is happening or adequately analyze the situation

A) delusion of harm	B) dementia
C) depression	D) presenile psychosis

^ 8. For biological reasons, human lifespan cannot exceed

A) 90 years	B) 100 years
C) 110 years	D) 120 years

^ 9. The intention underlying human nature and directing the choice of goals, according to Bühler, is most often perceived by the subject as such toward the end of

A) adolescence	B) the fourth decade
C) life	D) none of the answers is correct

^ 10. The formation of an androgynous life course rests on the principle of

A) changing tasks and motives of human activity	B) the predominance of the female population over the male
C) the feminization of society	D) equal rights and opportunities for life choices for women and men

Variant 2

Gerontology took shape as a science

A) in deep antiquity	B) in the Middle Ages
C) in the 19th century	D) at the beginning of the 20th century

^ 2. The founder of the Russian school of gerontology is

A) I. Fischer	B) S.P. Botkin
C) I.I. Mechnikov	D) A.A. Bogomolets

^ 3. The destructive process that inevitably develops with age as a result of the cumulative damaging effect of exogenous factors is called

A) geriatrics	B) old age
C) aging	D) degradation

^ 4. The measure of an organism's aging, its health, and its remaining life expectancy is called

A) old age	B) biological age
C) biorhythm	D) health

^ 5. The totality of physiological and mental mechanisms providing for the reception of sensory information about the surrounding environment

A) sensory system	B) cognitive processes
C) higher mental processes	D) all of the answers are correct

6. A complex of impairments that includes deficits in cognition, progressive amnesia and personality changes associated with the onset of old age is called

A) sclerosis	B) autopsy
C) Alzheimer's disease	D) dementia

7. A depressed, oppressed mental state characterized by a negative emotional background, changes in the motivational and cognitive spheres, and general passivity of behavior – this is

A) depression	B) dementia
C) abulia	D) delusion

^ 8. Physiologically, sexual capacity in men and women fades

A) by age 50	B) by age 60
C) by age 70	D) none of the answers is correct

^ 9. The period of depression over impending death is preceded by a period of crisis that includes the stage of

A) denial	B) anger
C) “bargaining”	D) all of the answers are correct

^ 10. Establish the matches

A) L. Tornstam	A) symbolic interactionism theory
B) A. Rose	B) gerontological transcendence theory
C) G. Mead	C) subculture theory
D) E. Cumming, W. Henry	D) disengagement theory

^ Correct answers

Question No.	Correct answer Variant1	Question No.	Correct answer Variant2
1	A	1	D
2	C	2	C
3	A	3	C
4	B	4	B
5	A	5	A
6	A	6	D
7	D	7	A
8	C	8	D
9	C	9	D
10	D	10	A-B, B-C, C-A, D-D

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