Aging Concepts and Controversies 8th Edition
by Harry R. Moody -Test Bank Chapter
(Controversy 1 to 12 & Basic Concepts)
,Content: _
New Controversy I: Does Old Age Have Meaning?
Controversy 2: Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old?
Controversy 3: Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline with Age?
Controversy 4: Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?
Controversy 5: Should Families Provide for Their Own?
Controversy 6: Should Older People Be Protected from Bad Choices?
Controversy 7: Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?
Controversy 8: Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?
Controversy 9: What Is the Future of Social Security?
Controversy 10: Is Retirement Obsolete?
Controversy 11: Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?
Controversy 12: The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype?
Basic Concepts I: A Life Course Perspective
Basic Concepts II: Aging, Health Care, and Society
Basic Concepts III: Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society
, 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?
by Harry R. Moody -Test Bank Chapter
(Controversy 1 to 12 & Basic Concepts)
,Content: _
New Controversy I: Does Old Age Have Meaning?
Controversy 2: Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old?
Controversy 3: Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline with Age?
Controversy 4: Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?
Controversy 5: Should Families Provide for Their Own?
Controversy 6: Should Older People Be Protected from Bad Choices?
Controversy 7: Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?
Controversy 8: Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?
Controversy 9: What Is the Future of Social Security?
Controversy 10: Is Retirement Obsolete?
Controversy 11: Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?
Controversy 12: The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype?
Basic Concepts I: A Life Course Perspective
Basic Concepts II: Aging, Health Care, and Society
Basic Concepts III: Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society
, 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?
