What is defined as the proportion of the population who are workers compared to the proportion not working?
a. Ratio scale
b. Dependency ratio
c. Nominally unemployed
d. Chronically employed
Answer: b. Dependency ratio
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a. shaped by larger historical trends and events. b. divided into old and new theories. c. judged by the longevity of their influence. d. placed on a continuum between static and dynamic.
A person who experiences priapism is probably abusing:
a. amphetamines. b. cocaine. c. heroine. d. LSD.
The typical nursing home patient is
a. an African American or Hispanic male over age 75. b. a white, widowed female over age 80. c. a never-married African American woman over age 70. d. a white, widowed male over age 85.
Gay men who seek adoption fear that the biological or foster mother will back out when she finds out that her child will go to a gay family. Which of the following is a strategy used by gay men to increase their chances that this will not happen?
a. They only go to family members to serve as surrogates who will carry the baby for them. b. They deliberately choose foster parents who have already relinquished their biological children, thereby giving them greater confidence that the mother will give up her next child. c. They find lesbians who are willing to carry their baby, but who do not want children of their own. d. There are no strategies that gay men can use to increase their chances of adoption since most people are fearful of gay men as fathers.