The concept of "gerontology" refers to
a. estimating people's life expectancy.
b. a medical specialty dealing with old people.
c. the study of aging and the elderly.
d. a treatment that restores vitality to seniors.
c
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Despite poverty, a young boy works hard, does well in school, and ends up heading a Fortune 500 company as an adult. His situation exemplifies __________
a. the penalty of poverty b. form over function c. a status inconsistency d. the Horatio Alger myth
Recent studies of the media's sports coverage indicates that
A) women receive only about 50 percent of televised sports news coverage. B) women athletes promote a kind of "orthodox masculinity." C) when female athletes are highlighted in the media it is typically as either sex objects or as victims. D) all of the above
What best describes today’s global population:
a. birth rates are declining and population growth is slowing b. it is accelerating at an alarming rate c. it is growing fastest in affluent countries and slowest in poor countries d. women are quickly outnumbering men worldwide and in all age categories
Which of the following best describes an industrial society?
A. large populations with a lot of diversity B. large populations with a small amount of diversity C. small populations with a lot of diversity D. small populations with a small amount of diversity