Disengagement theory, which suggests that withdrawing from society and social relationships is a natural part of growing old, fits into which umbrella theory?
A. Conflict Theory
B. Symbolic Interactionism
C. Evolutionary adaptation
D. Functionalism
D. Functionalism
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Which of the following is a characteristic Adorno believed is associated with authoritarian personality?
a. Loose adherence to conventional values b. Critical of authority c. Supportive of people who do not conform to authority d. Superstitious and stereotypical thinking
The t score is your sample's mean minus the __________ divided by the __________
A) sample size; variance of the distribution of means B) sample size minus 1; standard deviation of the distribution of means C) population mean; standard deviation of the distribution of means D) population median; variance of the distribution of means
Which of the following constitutes child sexual abuse?
A) unnecessary exposure of private parts B) unwanted kissing and hugging C) intercourse D) All of the above
Which factor accounts for the emergence of the black civil rights movement in the late 1950s?
a. An increase in biological racist ideas after World War II b. A decrease in economic opportunities for blacks, beginning in the 1930s and continuing during and after World War II c. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, invalidating the "separate but equal" doctrine d. A radical turnaround on the part of most whites to open up various societal institutions to blacks