Which of the Following Is Not One of the Premises

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the premises of the political economy of aging?

• A) social policy reflects the dominant belief system that is crucial in enforcing, bolstering, and extending, structured inequalities in the wider economic, political, and social order
• B) the strong influences of intrapersonal factors to the normal health-related changes that are part of growing old, place some constraints on what older people are capable of doing
• C) the social structure shapes how older people are perceived and how they perceive themselves
• D) the labels applied to the elderly and social policy shape the experience of old age
• E) social policy and the politics of aging mirror wider social inequalities and power struggles

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Definitions:

APT

The Arbitrage Pricing Theory is a model that predicts asset returns based on the relationship between an asset's return and several macroeconomic factors.

CAPM

The Capital Asset Pricing Model, a model that describes the relationship between systemic risk and expected return for assets, particularly stocks.

Risk-Return Relationship

The principle that potential return increases with an increase in risk, describing the trade-off between the desire for the lowest possible risk and the highest possible return.

APT

Arbitrage Pricing Theory, a model that predicts the expected return of a financial asset based on its sensitivities to macroeconomic factors.