Name:_________________________________________ ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING ASSIGNMENT Written Assignment: After answering the following, reflect on your personal attitude and submit an APA formatted typed paper, 3 to 5 pages in length, (including cover page and reference page; including answers to the following questions); Submit answers to the following with the written assignment. Answer the following keeping in mind that there are no right answers.

A person is considered to be old when he | When I think about getting old I | When I grow old I will lose my | Seeing an old person makes me feel | Old people always | Old people never | The best thing about getting old is | The worse thing about getting old is | Looking back at my responses, I feel that aging is |

Answer the following to the best of your knowledge at this time. You are old at age | Most elderly live to be | Economically, older people are | With regard to health, older people are | Mentally, older people are |

GRADING RUBRIC FOR ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING ASSIGNMENT

ACTION | POINTS | | POSSIBLE | EARNED | Submitted/answered Attitudes Toward Aging questions | 0 – 2.5 | | Paper in APA formatting; 3 to 5 pages in length, (including cover page and references). | 0 – 1.5 | | Addressed personal attitudes toward aging | 0 – 1.5 | | New attitudes after self-reflection | 0 – 1.5 | | Discussed change or lack of change in personal attitudes | 0 – 1.5 | | Paperwork (assessment & paper) submitted on time | 0 – 1.5 | | TOTAL | 0 - 10 | |

* APA format information can be found at 2OWL, Purdue University Writing Lab,