During middle adulthood, attitudes toward death are most likely to be affected by
a. the suddenness of the deaths that these adults encounter
b. a newly personalized sense of mortality
c. their view of death as resulting from ill fortune
d. the deaths of peers, parents, and spouses from human-induced causes
e. a growing sense of personal invulnerability
Question 2The phrase sandwich generation describes
a. what deaths of grandparents mean to children
b. what deaths of adolescents mean to the elderly
c. the impact of HIV infection on dying families
d. pressures on adults from older and younger generations
e. eating patterns in middle adults
Question 3Throughout young and middle adulthood, the largest numbers of deaths occur among
a. Caucasian Americans
b. Hispanic Americans
c. African Americans
d. Asian and Pacific Island Americans
e. American Indians and Alaska Natives
Question 4By 2007, HIV infection in young adults
a. was no longer among the ten leading causes of death
b. had fallen by nearly 26,000 deaths since 1994
c. had declined since 1994 by over 85 in deaths
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 5By contrast with young adults, among middle adults (ages 45-64)
a. accidental death rates decrease
b. cancer death rates decrease
c. homicide rates increase
d. suicide rates slowly decrease
e. degenerative diseases decrease
Question 6In 2007 in the U.S., the two leading causes of death among middle adults ages 45-64 were:
a. cancer and heart disease
b. homicide and accidents
c. accidents and cancer
d. suicide and homicide
e. HIV infection and cancer
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