PRS A2 Age Inequality 10 Q on Moore et al chapter

Question 1

What phrase refers to the number of over 65s becoming larger than the number of under 16s?

Accepted Answer

Demographic Timebomb

Question 2

What is the phrase for when a person spends at least 10% of their income on heating bills?

Accepted Answer

Fuel Poverty

Question 3

A reason why feminists argue that many women are likely to experience poverty in old age?

Accepted Answer

Lack of private pension, Women live longer than men, Wage gap during employment

Question 4

Who argues that the young are negatively stereotyped in the mass media?

Accepted Answer

Butler and Best

Question 5

What word refers to a patronising treatment of the elderly in society?

Accepted Answer

Infantilisation

Question 6

Which theory argues that the young are a reserve army of labour?

Accepted Answer

Marxism

Question 7

Which institution has been accused by Greengross of institutional ageism?

Accepted Answer

NHS

Question 8

Which theory argues that the elderly retire as part of a natural "disengagement" from society?

Accepted Answer

Functionalism

Question 9

Who argues that the elderly might adopt a learnt helplessness from stereotypical treatment?

Accepted Answer

Ray et al

Question 10

In 2005, what % of young people were unemployed?

Accepted Answer

18%

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