Module 8 Quiz

A  Increasing the work week to 80 hours so that there is more money coming into the program.

B  Only pay Social Security to people who paid the tax; cut out any spouses or dependents who might benefit.

C  Make Social Security a private program, much like insurance or a 401(k).

D  Increase the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security.

A  Gerontocracy

B  Republic

C  Oligarchy

D  Meritocracy

A  Young-old

B  Middle-old

C  Old-old

D  Ancient

A  People are living under so much stress now, that they are going gray early.

B  The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.

C  Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair.

D  With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of steel.

A  As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.

B  As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.

C  As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality.

D  As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.

A  Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.

B  Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.

C  Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.

D  Being patronized by gas station attendants.

A  Concession

B  Despair

C  Loathing

D  Sentimentality

A  100

B  110

C  105

D  101

A  Quaternary aging

B  Secondary aging

C  Tertiary aging

D  Primary aging

A  Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex.

B  Elderly people start dying their hair to replace the color they lose.

C  Elderly men sometimes start to go bald as they age.

D  Women notice wrinkles as one of the first signs of aging.

A  Subculture of aging theory

B  Gerotranscendence

C  Age stratification theory

D  Selective optimization with compensation theory

A  Thanatology

B  Ontology

C  Metrology

D  Teleology

A  65

B  72

C  75

D  85

A  It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.

B  It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.

C  It is the comparison of children to parents.

D  It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.

A  The Madrid Plan

B  The Brussels Plan

C  The Berlin Plan

D  The Paris Plan