Generation Gap, 2

Behavior, Values, Ideals

12. Is it possible for middle-aged people to be “immature”? Do you know, or have you seen adults or middle-aged people acting immature?

13. Young people tend to be more liberal and left leaning in their values, ideals, attitudes and beliefs; but become progressively more conservative as they get older. Yes or no?

14. Young adults prefer city life; most older people prefer to live in the countryside or village or farm. Yes or no? Why? Give examples.

15. Who are the idols and icons of the present-day young generation? Who are or were the idols and icons of the baby boomers? Generation X? the Baby Boomlet? The World War II Generation?

Change and Transformation

16. What is your reaction when you come to know someone when they were young….then you see them after some years….and they have became middle age or old?

17. What’s your reaction when you see photos of people you know as middle aged or old, when they were young?

18. When young men become old, they mostly wear suits and ties. True or false? Why?

Culture

19. Since about the 1970’s there hasn’t been that much of a change in pop music styles. People from this time period on will generally like all subsequent pop music. True or false?

20. There seems to be a significant difference between movies and songs of the 1950’s and 1970’s; but not that great a difference with movies and songs from the 1970’s onwards.

21. What kind of music do middle aged and older people listen to in your country?
What kind of music do teenager and younger people listen to in your country?

22. Younger males tend to have long hair while older men have short hair. Yes or no? What kind of hairstyles do the older generation like in your country?
What kind of hairstyles do the younger generation like in your country?

23. What kind of clothes do the older generation in your culture prefer? What kind of clothes do the younger generation in your culture prefer?