New Controversy I
Does Old Age Have Meaning?
1. As people get older, participation in leisure activities tends to:
A) Increase
*B) Decrease
C) Remain the same as earlier in life
2. As people age, they tend to engage in:
A) New activities with newly acquainted people
B) New activities with the same people they knew from middle age
*C) The same activities with the same people they knew from middle age
D) A and B above
3. Retirement frees up about ______ hours a week for men and ______ hours a week for
women.
A) 40, 40
B) 40, 30
C) 30, 25
D) 25, 25
*E) 25, 18
4. The “gray market” refers to the:
A) Consumption of goods and services during one's retirement years
*B) Growing market for business comprised of those over age 50
C) Growing number of businesses that offer “senior discounts”
,D) Growing market for meaningful activities among people over age 50
E) None of the above
5. As people grow older:
*A) Many decrease their involvement in organized religion and increase their
involvement in nonorganized religion
B) Many increase their involvement in organized religion and decrease their
involvement in nonorganized religion
C) Many increase their involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion
D) Many decrease their involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion
E) Involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion tends to stay the same as
in younger years
Title: Controversy01-06;
6. Life satisfaction is ______ among those with high levels of religious commitment
compared to those with no sense of religious commitment.
*A) higher
B) lower
C) about the same
7. The most damaging threat to well-being in later life is:
A) Fear of destitution
B) Poor health
C) Absence of religiosity
D) Death of loved ones
*E) Boredom and loss of life purpose
,8. de Beauvoir's solution to a defensive and aggressive attitude in old age best reflects
which theory of aging?
A) Disengagement theory
*B) Activity theory
C) Modernization theory
D) Continuity theory
E) Exchange theory
9. How should people prepare for old age, according to de Beauvoir?
A) Set aside money
B) Choose the place where they will retire
C) Acquire hobbies
*D) Live a committed, justified life
E) All of the above
10. To live a meaningful old age, de Beauvoir argues that we should do which of the
following?
A) Devote ourselves to other individuals, to groups, or to causes
B) Engage in social, political, intellectual, or creative work
C) Set aside money for retirement
D) All of the above
*E) A and B above
11. “Vital involvement” in old age best reflects which theory of aging?
A) Continuity theory
B) Disengagement theory
, C) Modernization theory
*D) Activity theory
E) None of the above
12. Some of the potential roles for elders in our society include which of the following?
A) As conservationists
B) Less differentiated in their masculine and feminine predilections
C) As arbiters of disputes
D) As advocates for a new international understanding
*E) All of the above
13. In American society, aging is often regarded as something to be:
A) Eagerly anticipated
*B) Denied or concealed
C) Approached with indifference
D) None of the above
14. The main components of “successful aging” include which of the following?
A) Avoiding disease and disability
B) Maintaining mental and physical function
C) Continuing engagement with life
*D) All of the above
E) A and B above
15. Evidence of American society's denial of the aging process includes which of the
following?
A) Advertisements that show invariably young people
Does Old Age Have Meaning?
1. As people get older, participation in leisure activities tends to:
A) Increase
*B) Decrease
C) Remain the same as earlier in life
2. As people age, they tend to engage in:
A) New activities with newly acquainted people
B) New activities with the same people they knew from middle age
*C) The same activities with the same people they knew from middle age
D) A and B above
3. Retirement frees up about ______ hours a week for men and ______ hours a week for
women.
A) 40, 40
B) 40, 30
C) 30, 25
D) 25, 25
*E) 25, 18
4. The “gray market” refers to the:
A) Consumption of goods and services during one's retirement years
*B) Growing market for business comprised of those over age 50
C) Growing number of businesses that offer “senior discounts”
,D) Growing market for meaningful activities among people over age 50
E) None of the above
5. As people grow older:
*A) Many decrease their involvement in organized religion and increase their
involvement in nonorganized religion
B) Many increase their involvement in organized religion and decrease their
involvement in nonorganized religion
C) Many increase their involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion
D) Many decrease their involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion
E) Involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion tends to stay the same as
in younger years
Title: Controversy01-06;
6. Life satisfaction is ______ among those with high levels of religious commitment
compared to those with no sense of religious commitment.
*A) higher
B) lower
C) about the same
7. The most damaging threat to well-being in later life is:
A) Fear of destitution
B) Poor health
C) Absence of religiosity
D) Death of loved ones
*E) Boredom and loss of life purpose
,8. de Beauvoir's solution to a defensive and aggressive attitude in old age best reflects
which theory of aging?
A) Disengagement theory
*B) Activity theory
C) Modernization theory
D) Continuity theory
E) Exchange theory
9. How should people prepare for old age, according to de Beauvoir?
A) Set aside money
B) Choose the place where they will retire
C) Acquire hobbies
*D) Live a committed, justified life
E) All of the above
10. To live a meaningful old age, de Beauvoir argues that we should do which of the
following?
A) Devote ourselves to other individuals, to groups, or to causes
B) Engage in social, political, intellectual, or creative work
C) Set aside money for retirement
D) All of the above
*E) A and B above
11. “Vital involvement” in old age best reflects which theory of aging?
A) Continuity theory
B) Disengagement theory
, C) Modernization theory
*D) Activity theory
E) None of the above
12. Some of the potential roles for elders in our society include which of the following?
A) As conservationists
B) Less differentiated in their masculine and feminine predilections
C) As arbiters of disputes
D) As advocates for a new international understanding
*E) All of the above
13. In American society, aging is often regarded as something to be:
A) Eagerly anticipated
*B) Denied or concealed
C) Approached with indifference
D) None of the above
14. The main components of “successful aging” include which of the following?
A) Avoiding disease and disability
B) Maintaining mental and physical function
C) Continuing engagement with life
*D) All of the above
E) A and B above
15. Evidence of American society's denial of the aging process includes which of the
following?
A) Advertisements that show invariably young people
