Worldly Protestant __________ acted powerfully against the spontaneous enjoyment of possessions; it restricted consumption, especially of luxuries
a. asceticism
b. character
c. work
d. principles
A
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a. some categories of elders confront greater disadvantages than others. b. disengagement is functional for society as a whole. c. physicians must play a part in a "negotiated death." d. the poverty rate for seniors is declining over time.
The economic growth experienced by the United States for almost thirty years after World War II (1945-1973) was a result of
a. the combination of a demand for goods from nations damaged by World War II and a relatively undamaged productive system in the U.S. b. increased competition from other nations whose economies had expanded during the war. c. the need to rebuild large sections of the U.S. damaged during the war. d. the increase of investments flowing into the United States from western Europe.
Havingdifficultycompletingdailyactivitiesoflivingduetoa chronicconditionisknownas
A. a long-termillness. B. medicalpathology. C. a disability. D. psychoneuroimmunology.
Émile Durkheim's explanation of suicide was scientific because he
A. carefully studied the personalities of hundreds of suicide victims. B. divided suicide into four distinctive categories. C. developed conclusions based on a systematic examination of data. D. worked in a university setting.