Jane, a former corporate executive, retires and eventually spends her time happily landscaping her home and working for a volunteer agency serving the local homeless population. According to Robert Atchley, Jane is in which phase of retirement?

A. stability
B. disenchantment
C. termination
D. reorientation


Answer: A

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The standard deviation is defined as the:

A) positive square root of the variance B) positive square root of the range C) negative square root of the variance D) positive square root of the mean or median

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As a distribution of scores becomes more variable, the value of the standard deviation

a. decreases b. stays the same c. increases d. becomes unpredictable

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The perspective that views sexuality as a part of power and economic inequality in society is:

a. the functionalist perspective b. the conflict perspective c. the interactionist perspective d. the feminist perspective

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The leading causes of death today are heart disease and cancer, two diseases that are associated with unhealthy behaviors such as smoking, a high-fat diet, and a sedentary lifestyle. This evidence most clearly contradicts which perspective?

a. Corbin and Strauss's illness work b. Erving Goffman's stigma c. Talcott Parsons's sick role d. complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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