Many societies organize social activities according to age and gather data regarding the age composition of the people who live in that society. In the United States and other industrialized societies, the most common categories of age are:
a. infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood
b. childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and older adulthood.
c. childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
d. childhood, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and older adulthood.
c
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The belief that things are real insofar as they produce effects is known as:
a. critical race theory. b. ethnomethdology. c. symbolic interactionism. d. critical realism. e. structural functionalism.
William Julius Wilson has observed that in the Washington Park area of Chicago during the early 1950s, most African American adults were working and supporting their families. By the 1990s, he reports, what share of these residents was unemployed?
A. one-fourth B. one-third C. one-half D. two-thirds
Which mode of research minimizes the problem of reactivity?
A. experiments B. field research C. unobtrusive research D. surveys
______ are groups of people with distinct physical or cultural characteristics who are singled out from others in their society for differential and unequal treatment.
A. Ethnic groups B. Minority groups C. Race groups D. Out-groups