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Gerontology 180 Exam Practice Questions and Answers What is TRUE about generations? - ANSWER-all of the above They typically span about 15-22 consecutive birth years they help society charactertize an aggregate of people who have experienced similar world events and cultural trends they are s...

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Gerontology 180 Exam Practice Questions

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What is TRUE about generations? - ANSWER✔✔-all of the above




They typically span about 15-22 consecutive birth years


they help society charactertize an aggregate of people who have experienced similar world events and

cultural trends


they are social constructions based on generalizations


philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, historians, economists, novelists and journalists have

researched and named generations


Which best defines "generation gap"? - ANSWER✔✔-this is when a group of people born at about the

same time (say the 1920s) has quite different social views than another group of people born at about

the same time (say, the 1960s)


People born in the same year (also called a "birth cohort") or people born in similar years (also called a

"generational cohort") experience the same social events and conditions. Which generational cohort

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were teenagers during the Great Depression and young adults during the Great World War (WWI)? -

ANSWER✔✔-Baby Boomers


According to the NPR article, why might Baby Boomers be an appropriate name for the generational

cohort born between the mid-1940s and the mid-1960s? - ANSWER✔✔-all of the above




their adolescence and young adult years were tumultuous (war protests, Civil Rights mvnt)


After WWII many babies were born - more than at any previous time in US history (and in some other

countries, as well)


The economy boomed after WWII


Which generation no longer has any living members? - ANSWER✔✔-the lost generation


The Millennial Generation got its name because its members were born at the turn of the century. -

ANSWER✔✔-false


Based on your readings about Generations and how they finally get their names, in which life stages are

individuals most impacted by social events and conditions? - ANSWER✔✔-adolescents, young adulthood


All those in Generation Z have parents in Generation X. - ANSWER✔✔-false




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