HCAD 222 EXAM 3 WITH Questions and WELL
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1.Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income for people in
retirement.
2.The Social Security Act of 1935 was a response to the Great Depression at a time
when only ____ of the U.S. population was over age 65.
3.Even though Social Security benefits are derived from taxation, they are subject to
taxation.
4.The age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits was ____ but between 2002 and
2007 rose to ____.
5.The inequities in Social Security are largely being ignored in current debates about
changing the system. -CORRECTANSWER 1.True
2.5%
3.True
4.65,67
5.True
1.Older Americans possess which of the following resources that other age groups
lack?
2.Between the 1950's and the 1990s, the average age of retirement has ______.
,3.Older workers have less absenteeism, lower job turnover, and a lower accident rate
than younger workers.
4.During the 20th century, free time increased in all of the following ways except
through ____
5.Which law forbade older workers from being limited or treated in any way that would
harm their employment possibilities? -CORRECTANSWER 1.Time
2.Decreased
3.True
4. a reduction of the work week.
5.Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
1.People of all ages were impacted by the expansion and availability of the Internet in
1990s. This is an example of what kind of effect?
2.Boomers were the first generation in American history where more than half achieved
some level of higher education.
3.Boomers make up what proportion of the US population?
4.When considering any cohort, such as the Boomers, it is important to keep in mind not
only age, period and cohort effects, but the impact of class, ethnicity, and gender as
well in shaping individual experiences.
5.How much advertising does AARP estimate is aimed at the mature adult
demographic? -CORRECTANSWER 1.Period effect
2.True
3.About one quarter
, 4.True
5.less than 25%
Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society -CORRECTANSWER By itself,
population aging does not dictate the shape of things to come, and there is certainly no
cause to be gloomy about the coming of an aging society. The point to remember is that
the life one leads as a younger person will affect prospects for old age. The social and
economic outlook for an aging society, then, is not simply something to be predicted but
something to be constructed. The decisions we make today depend on thoughtful
consideration of the controversies that will shape the aging society of tomorrow.
varieties of aging experiences -CORRECTANSWER •Stereotypes: assuming every
member of this group must be like this vs. Generalizations: not a memeber of a specific
group and understand some information of that people from that specific group.
•Ageism
-"ill-derly" (lower socioeconomics)
-"well-derly" (higher socioeconomics)
• Age, gender, race, and social class
-Interact in complex ways to define individual experiences
•Adaptive strength of many disadvantaged older people
•Increasing ethnic diversity-a lag time
DETAILED Answers || TOP RATED A GUARANTEED
PASS|| LATEST UPDATE 2025/26
1.Social Security was never intended to be the sole source of income for people in
retirement.
2.The Social Security Act of 1935 was a response to the Great Depression at a time
when only ____ of the U.S. population was over age 65.
3.Even though Social Security benefits are derived from taxation, they are subject to
taxation.
4.The age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits was ____ but between 2002 and
2007 rose to ____.
5.The inequities in Social Security are largely being ignored in current debates about
changing the system. -CORRECTANSWER 1.True
2.5%
3.True
4.65,67
5.True
1.Older Americans possess which of the following resources that other age groups
lack?
2.Between the 1950's and the 1990s, the average age of retirement has ______.
,3.Older workers have less absenteeism, lower job turnover, and a lower accident rate
than younger workers.
4.During the 20th century, free time increased in all of the following ways except
through ____
5.Which law forbade older workers from being limited or treated in any way that would
harm their employment possibilities? -CORRECTANSWER 1.Time
2.Decreased
3.True
4. a reduction of the work week.
5.Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
1.People of all ages were impacted by the expansion and availability of the Internet in
1990s. This is an example of what kind of effect?
2.Boomers were the first generation in American history where more than half achieved
some level of higher education.
3.Boomers make up what proportion of the US population?
4.When considering any cohort, such as the Boomers, it is important to keep in mind not
only age, period and cohort effects, but the impact of class, ethnicity, and gender as
well in shaping individual experiences.
5.How much advertising does AARP estimate is aimed at the mature adult
demographic? -CORRECTANSWER 1.Period effect
2.True
3.About one quarter
, 4.True
5.less than 25%
Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society -CORRECTANSWER By itself,
population aging does not dictate the shape of things to come, and there is certainly no
cause to be gloomy about the coming of an aging society. The point to remember is that
the life one leads as a younger person will affect prospects for old age. The social and
economic outlook for an aging society, then, is not simply something to be predicted but
something to be constructed. The decisions we make today depend on thoughtful
consideration of the controversies that will shape the aging society of tomorrow.
varieties of aging experiences -CORRECTANSWER •Stereotypes: assuming every
member of this group must be like this vs. Generalizations: not a memeber of a specific
group and understand some information of that people from that specific group.
•Ageism
-"ill-derly" (lower socioeconomics)
-"well-derly" (higher socioeconomics)
• Age, gender, race, and social class
-Interact in complex ways to define individual experiences
•Adaptive strength of many disadvantaged older people
•Increasing ethnic diversity-a lag time
