________ refers to the average number of years a newborn can expect to live.
A. Life span
B. Etiology
C. Longevity
D. Life expectancy
Answer: D
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During the last decade, the most rapid increases in the elderly population were among the __________
a. young-old, those in their late 50s b. oldest of the old, those over 85 c. old-old, those 60 to 75 d. elderly, those in their late 70s e. frail, those over 100
Once a child is labeled male or female, everyone who comes in contact with the child begins to treat him or her as such and encourages gender-specific behavior. This dynamic relates to the process known as
a. sexualization. b. commercialization of gender ideals. c. socialization. d. gender inequality.
The view that holds that once Jim Crow-type segregation ended in the 1960s, the opportunity channels and routes of upward mobility of U.S. society were opened to all persons is called ______.
A. symbolic racism B. institutional discrimination C. personal prejudice D. cultural racism
Modernization refers to the
A. elimination of old housing and its replacement with modern skyscrapers. B. process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies. C. colonial domination of Third World nations by Western powers. D. process of development that, at this time, has occurred only in core nations such as England, France, Japan, and the U.S.