CHAPTER 1

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1. Which of the following reasons for studying aging was not given in the text?

To help older friends and relatives live the best old age possible.
To enable people to avoid or reverse the effects of aging.
To enable people to make old age as good a time of life as it can be.
To learn how to work with elderly clients.

 

2. Statistics Canada predicts that older Canadians will make up _____ of the population by the year 2041.

9%
19%
23%
34%

3. As Canadian society ages, the effect on the Canadian family will be:

an increase in the number of people living in three- and four-generation families.
fewer people will become grandparents during their lifetime.
an erosion of values as extended family structures fragment.
an increase in financial responsibility placed on elder family members.

4. The study of aging examines its effects from two points of view. These are:

economics and social structures.
the family and the education system.
bioethics and economics.
the individual and society.

5. Ageism in our culture is

acquired from experience with the aged.
a social component of the biological process.
learned from a variety of sources.
useful for maintaining cultural diversity.