Which of the following indicates that U.S. society might in fact be a gerontocracy?
A. generational inequity
B. the old-age dependency ratio
C. elder abuse
D. the poverty rate for older members of society compared to younger members
Answer: A
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The authors discourage ethnographers from making judgments, value assessments, and imputations of psychological motive. Instead, they encourage field workers to focus on describing in concrete terms what is going on by manufacturing and analyzing:
A. evidence B. speculation C. daydreams D. video recordings E. none of the above
According to Gans, how would eliminating poverty be dysfunctional for the nonpoor?
A. source of cheap labor would increase B. decreased call for helping profession workers C. helps businesses selling cheaper goods D. motivates higher income workers
In general, people of higher social class position are less likely to be arrested for street crimes than people of lower class position.
a. true b. false
______ is used to describe the biological differences that distinguish men from women, whereas _______denotes a social position.
A.) sex; sexuality B.) gender; sex C.) sex; gender D.) sexuality; sex