The Growth Rate of the Elderly Population Will Accelerate in the Future

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Multiple Choice

The growth rate of the elderly population will accelerate in the future as the baby boomers move into the retirement phase of life during the years following 2010. Unless structural changes are undertaken, this increase in the growth rate of the elderly population

• A) will cause future health-care prices and expenditures to increase even more rapidly than in the past.
• B) will cause future health-care prices and expenditures to decrease rapidly.
• C) will cause the rate of technological advance in medicine to slow significantly.
• D) is generally expected to have no significant impact on the health-care industry.

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Definitions:

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of psychology developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motivations and conflicts.

Freud's Theory

A set of psychoanalytic theories developed by Sigmund Freud, which emphasize the influence of the unconscious mind, sexual and aggressive drives, and childhood experiences on behavior.

Psychosexual Stages

A core concept of Freudian theory that suggests human development occurs in a series of predetermined stages, each centered around the gratification of libido on different parts of the body.

Genital Stage

A phase in Freud's theory of psychosexual development where the focus of pleasure is on genital stimulation and the establishment of mature sexual relationships.