According to researcher Thomas McKeown, the increase in life expectancy is due to all except:
a. improvements in the standard of living
b. medical advances
c. better housing and food
d. improvements in hygiene that decrease the spread of disease
b
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Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others. Therefore, ethnocentrism fosters cohesion in a group. This observation would best reflect which sociological perspective?
A. functionalist perspective B. conflict perspective C. interactionist perspective D. feminist perspective
The __________ tend to fill the most dangerous military roles
a. courageous b. dull c. poor d. macho e. sons of the dominant group
All of the following are part of a group identity EXCEPT:
a. a sense of belonging. b. special colors or symbols. c. members are aware of their participation in a group. d. group members have a sense of the group boundaries.
The social sciences seek to develop theories to explain why human beings
a. think as they do. b. live as they do. c. feel as they do. d. behave as they do.