In the 9-year study of 2,800 elders, all of the following characteristics of the elderly were predictors of elder abuse EXCEPT

a. poverty.
b. gender.
c. race.
d. cognitive impairment.


ANSWER: b

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a. Social Darwinism b. conflict theory c. symbolic interactionism d. functionalism (Application:

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Children in today’s American families are likely to experience a series of __________ during childhood.

A) second shifts B) financial changes C) family transitions D) shifts in adolescence

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To Mead, thinking is nothing more than internalized conversations individual humans have with themselves.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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According to Spencer, which type of cooperative evolved to indirectly serve individuals and thereby directly serve society?

a. religion b. family c. division of labor d. the political system

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