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2.9 QUIZ: OLD AGE

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To be great author you may want to have which of the following types of intelligence?
a)
Fluid
b)
Crystallized
c)
Diamond
d)
Short-term
2.
A condition that destroys a person’s ability to think, remember, relate to others, and care for herself or himself. There is NO cure
a)
Rubik's disease
b)
Identity crisis
c)
Alzheimer's disease
d)
ageism
3.
If an elderly person is denied a job because of their age his is called _______.
a)
Dementia
b)
Alzheimer's
c)
Ageism
d)
Fronto
4.
Physical strength and sense decline about ___ percent a year.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
e)
5
5.
The idea that progressive physical and mental decline are inevitable with age....
a)
Ageism
b)
Decremental model of aging
c)
Age misconceptions
6.
What is empty nest syndrome?
a)
When the parents leave the house and start living in another city
b)
When mothers find a new place to live and raise a family
c)
When the final child leaves the home and the parents are left alone
d)
When fathers travel for work and leave their wives at home
7.
What is Ageism?
a)
When women are discriminated based on their gender
b)
When old people are discriminated based on their age
c)
When minorities are discriminated based on their race
d)
When people don’t know their own age
8.
What type of intelligence increases with age and is most often associated with the accumulation or knowledge? This is why older people often write books.
a)
Fluid
b)
Solid
c)
Crystallized
d)
Diamond
9.
What type of intelligence is used to solve abstract relational problems and declines with age? It is associated with younger people and based on our spine.
a)
Fluid
b)
Solid
c)
Crystallized
d)
Diamond
10.
The leading causes of death in adults is...
a)
Heart disease
b)
Cancer
c)
Cirrhosis of the liver
d)
all of the above
11.
Most elderly people still want to participate in society.
a)
True
b)
False
12.

acquired knowledge of facts/information (according to Cattell)

a)

fluid intelligence

b)

crystallized intelligence

c)

interpersonal intelligence

d)

creative intelligence

13.

Which of Erik Erikson's stages are the elderly in?

a)

ego integrity vs despair

b)

trust vs mistrust

c)

identity vs role confusion

14.

Reorder the following Piaget's theory of cognitive development

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

1)
2)
3)
4)
15.

Most negative traits old people tend to have ​ (a)   something they ​ (b)   with old age…. It's something they have always ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words
isn’t
developed
had!
16.

Senile Dementia: ​ (a)   in mental ​ (b)   experienced by some people in ​ (c)   age

Choose from the below words
decrease
abilities
old
17.

Alzheimer's Disease


a condition that destroys a person’s ability to (a)   , (b)   , relate to others, and ​ (c)   for herself or himself

Choose from the below words
think
remember
care
18.

Which answer is an example of Physical Health?

a)

Complimenting someone

b)

Feeling Happy

c)

Exercising