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What Do You Know About Aging?

Quiz 2

 

Following are general statements related to various aspects of the aging process.

Click on your opinion about the statement being True or False. When finished, go below and scroll down to the answers.

Developed by Roger Hiemstra

Professor, Adult Education, Elmira College; Professor Emeritus, Instructional Design and Adult Learning, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

 
 

For more information go below answers or click here.

 

What do you think?

  True False Question  
 

6. At least one-tenth of the aged are living in long-stay institutions (i.e., nursing homes, mental hospitals, homes for the aged, etc.).

 
 

7. Physical strength tends to decline in old age.

 
 

8. Aged drivers have fewer accidents per person than drivers under age 65.

 
 

9. About 80% of the aged are healthy enough to carry out their normal activities.

 
 

10. Most old workers cannot work as effectively as younger workers.

 

 

About this quiz

This is one of several quizzes from information provided by Roger Hiemstra. His information was developed from several sources including from Facts on Aging (Palmore, 1977, 1981), the Rossman Adult Learning Inventory (Rossman & Rossman, 1990), the Quiz on Alcohol Problems in Later Life, and the Quiz on Depression in Later Life (the latter two developed by Pratt, Wilson, Benthin, & Schmall, 1992).

Information as of July 15, 2005 from Hiemstra, R. (2005). Guiding older learners.
His Website is http://www-distance.syr.edu/

Resources:

Palmore, E. (1977). Facts on aging: A short quiz. The Gerontologist, 17, 315-320.

Palmore, E. (1981). The facts on aging quiz: Part two. The Gerontologist, 21, 431-437.

Pratt, C. C., Wilson, W., Benthin, A., Schmall, V. (1992). Alcohol problems and depression in later life: Development of two knowledge quizzes. The Gerontologist, 32, 175-183.

Rossman, M. E. & Rossman, M. H. (1990). The Rossman Adult Learning Inventory: Creating awareness of adult development. In M. H. Rossman & M. E. Rossman (Eds.), Applying adult development strategies (New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, number 45). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 
 

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