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To complete please answer any 5 of the following questions:

Question 1: What is meant by the life course perspective? Why is old age not fully understood "unless we understand it as part of the entire course of human life"?

Question 2: How is looking at old age from the life course perspective different from looking at old age as a separate period of life?

Question 3: Describe the ways in which our changing perceptions of time have altered the way we think about aging and the life course.

Question 4: Why is the disengagement theory of aging criticized by some contemporary gerontologists?

Question 5: Compare and contrast images of aging in electronic media, mythic/religious literature, and early Western literature.

Question 6: Describe the options that are available for dealing with the Struldbrugg problem, that is, a prolonged period of frailty and dependency at the end of life. What are the benefits and drawbacks of each option? Which option would you support, and why?

Question 7: What challenges might our society face with respect to long-term care if all diseases were eliminated?

Question 8: Many people fear the prospect of having to live in a nursing home. Discuss some reasons for this prevalent fear, whether or not this fear is realistic, and the conditions under which living in such a setting may be appropriate.