In many instances, the elderly today are more independent because they can be. Discuss the sociological and demographic reasons for this change of status for the elderly.
What will be an ideal response?
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In Emile Durkheim's work Suicide, he reported that suicide rates went up when the economy slumped, but also spiked when the economy boomed. Which of Durkheim's concepts from Chapter 1 explain why both positive and negative economic conditions could increase suicide rates?
A. anomie B. organic solidarity C. alienation D. mechanical solidarity
The communal function of religion is carried out through the dual processes of ritualization and
a. routinization b. symbolization c. profanation d. anomie
Daniel Bell views postindustrial societies as consensual, because he believes that postindustrial societies are characterized by interest groups concerned with such national issues as health, education, and the environment working for the common good. Bell's view represents which sociological perspective?
A. Conflict perspective B. Interactionist perspective C. Functionalist perspective D. Feminist perspective
Discuss how Merton’s conceptions of manifest and latent functions, deviance, and dysfunction enhanced Parsons’s conception of society and structural functionalism in general.
What will be an ideal response?