When You Contact a Retired Neighbour to Ask If She

question 62

Multiple Choice

When you contact a retired neighbour to ask if she is interested in participating in a charity fund-raiser,she tells you that she is no longer interested in activities such as this and she is content to do as little as possible since she retired.Your neighbour's perspective is most consistent with which of the following views on aging?

• A) disengagement
• B) adaptation
• C) continuity
• D) compensation

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Definitions:

Real Interest Rates

Interest rates adjusted for inflation, reflecting the true cost of borrowing and the real yield for lenders.

Inflation

The pace of upsurge in the collective market prices for goods and services, decreasing the capacity to spend.

Interest Rates

The cost of borrowing money or the return on investment expressed as a percentage, typically on an annual basis.

CPI

Consumer Price Index, which measures the average change over time in the prices paid by consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.