What did Durkheim believe causes suicide?
a. depression and/or mental illness
b. drugs and/or alcohol addiction
c. social facts and/or social currents
d. imitation
c. social facts and/or social currents
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Based on birth rates among racial and ethnic groups today, what will happen in the mid 21st century?
a. Minority group members today will be at least 50% or more of the U.S. population. b. WASPs will disappear or become a tiny force in society. c. People from Eastern Europe will become a dominant ethnic group. d. Birth rates in all groups are dropping, so the status quo will change slowly. e. Immigrants will dominate society in the United States.
Which of the following has contributed to the rise in home care?
A. the deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill B. the increasing complexity of medical technologies C. financial incentives for hospitals to keep patients longer D. the rising divorce rate E. research that finds that home health care is less costly
All of the following are trends occurring in many parts of the world EXCEPT
A. people spending fewer years of their lives being married. B. open-mate selection shrinking. C. women waiting longer to marry. D. families becoming smaller.