What are the characteristics of modernization? How does modernization affect societies and the elderly people within them?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The transformation of societies to urbanized and industrialized ways of life based on scientific technologies
2. Individualized rather than communal or collective roles
3. A cosmopolitan outlook that values efficiency and progress
4. Modernization is usually associated with increasing length of life, but longer life is a positive change only when the quality of life is also enhanced
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In a study of Chicago public schools, Howard Becker documented teachers' preference for __________
a. high class Caucasians b. disadvantaged minorities c. poor minorities d. white middle class children
Durkheim studied the cause of suicide rates through
a. interviewing the families of suicide victims. b. analyzing suicide notes. c. sending out questionnaires to religious leaders. d. analyzing data from various communities.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
. The sociological imagination helps us examine history and biography together.