Chapter 1--Aging in America Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. Gerontology is the study of the aging process from A. birth to death. B. childhood to late life. C. maturity to old age. D. middle age to retirement. E. retirement to death. 2. Gerontologists define aging in terms of A. the number of years since the individual's birth. B. changes that reduce the efficiency of biological organ systems. C. changes in memory, learning, adaptive capacity, personality, and mental functioning. D. social roles, relationships, and the overall context in which we grow old. E. All of these choices. 3. Recent research indicate genes account for about ____ of our longevity. A. one-fourth B. one-third C. one-half D. two-thirds E. three-fourths 4. "Culturally competent" health care providers A. require the elderly to adapt their values to an institutional environment. B. encourage the elderly to become dependent on their services. C. help the elderly develop personal mastery of their changing environm