(In each case tick `T' for `true' or `F' for `false'.)

quiz: how much do you know about aging?

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1 The majority of old people (past age sixty- five) are senile (ie defective memory, disoriented or demented).
2 All five senses tend to decline with age.
3 Most old people have no interest in sex.
4 Lung capacity tends to decline in old age.
5 The majority of old people feel miserable most of the time.
6 The majority of old people are seldom irritated or angry.
7 At least one-tenth of the aged are living in long-stay institutions (ie nursing homes, mental hospitals, homes for the aged etc).
8 Aged drivers have fewer accidents per person than drivers under age sixty-five.

9 Most older workers cannot work as effectively as younger workers.
10 About 80 per cent of the aged are healthy enough to carry out their normal activities.
11 Most old people are set in their ways and are unable to change
12 The majority of old people are working or would like to have some kind of work to do (including housework and volunteer work).
13 It is almost impossible for most old people to learn new things.
14 The reaction time of most old people tends to be slower than reaction time of younger people.
15 In general, most old people are pretty much alike.
16 The majority of old people are seldom bored.
17 The majority of old people are socially isolated and lonely.
18 Older workers have fewer accidents than younger workers.
19 Older people tend to become more religious as they age.
20 Most medical practitioners tend to give low priority to the aged.

The answers to this quiz are that the even-numbered questions are true and the odd numbered ones are false.