After learning that a housing development near his home barred the elderly, the physician Robert Butler coined the term

What will be an ideal response?


ageism.

Sociology

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When asked to describe their hoped for and feared possible selves, researchers found that adults over the age of 60 were more likely to be focused on concerns

a. family b. material c. personal d. occupational

Sociology

Which of the following is an example of a problem faced by disadvantaged children?

a. Alyson lives in a home that was painted in the 1960s. b. Mohammed lives in a city with loud trucks and trains. c. Clarissa attends the local Head Start preschool. d. Carlos's mother uses SNAP benefits to buy food.

Sociology

According to Inciardi and Goode's "Oxycontin: A Prescription for Disaster," in 2001,

which of the following pharmaceutical drugs was shifted to the illegal marketplace most commonly? a. hydrocodone b. oxycodone c. alprazolam d. Xanax

Sociology

Immigration scholars generally agree that immigration:

a. poses a fiscal burden on the economy. b. is favorable to the economy. c. places a burden on the welfare system. d. does not have a uniform economic impact.

Sociology