Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1			Whose work has been a model for the life course approach?
			A)	Neugarten
			B)	Settersten and Hagestrad
			C)	Elder
			D)	Spitze and Logan
2			Countertransitions are produced
			A)	by age-appropriate roles and behaviors.
			B)	by others' role changes.
			C)	by distinctive changes in the duration of a life course phase in the extension of childhood.
			D)	as one ages.
3			Age grades are ways of
			A)	telling someone's age.
			B)	identifying baby boomers.
			C)	using age as a social category to group people by status.
			D)	distinguishing between period and cohort effects.
4			The theory of _____ highlights the influence of earlier life experiences on the quality of life in old age.
			A)	gender inequality
			B)	racial inequality
			C)	cumulative disadvantage
			D)	the crowded nest
5			Over the past decade, research incorporating the life course perspective has emphasized that aging is a dynamic process that must be studied in a historical and _____ context.
			A)	biological
			B)	social
			C)	psychological
			D)	ethnic
6			What was the name of Elder's book published in 1974?
			A)	Duration of the Life Course
			B)	Children of the Great Depression
			C)	The Sandwich Generation
			D)	The Crowded Nest
7			Research comparing people of different age cohorts at a single point in time is called
			A)	cross-sectional research.
			B)	in-depth interviewing.
			C)	field work.
			D)	qualitative research.
8			_____ are ways of using age as a social category to group people by status.
			A)	Age norms
			B)	Age timetables
			C)	Trajectories
			D)	Age grades
9			A/An _____ effect refers to the impact of an historical event on the entire society.
			A)	age
			B)	cohort
			C)	period
			D)	longitudinal
10			_____ are defined as informal rules that specify age-appropriate roles and behavior.
			A)	Age grades
			B)	Age timetables
			C)	Countertransitions
			D)	Age norms