When Professor Martin quickly reviewed the events of the 1960s that were experienced by the baby boomers—such as the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr.; the shooting of Oswald; the violence against civil

rights protestors; and the Vietnam War and antiwar protests—he was illustrating which social aging theory?

a. continuity
b. disengagement
c. convoy
d. role


Answer: c

Sociology

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a. community b. Gemeinschaft c. commonwealth d. civilization

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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a. evidence b. blinders c. tools d. authority

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a. Exclusionists b. Moderates c. Inclusionists d. None of the above

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