Gans outlined five types of people in cities. Which type are those who want to leave their neighborhoods but cannot due to addiction or poverty?

a. The cosmopolites
b. Ethnic villagers
c. The deprived
d. The trapped


Answer: D

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is the relative importance of instrumental and socio-emotional problems within a successful group?

a. successful groups focus more on instrumental tasks b. successful groups pay greater attention to socio-emotional tasks c. for a group to be successful, it must not engage in instrumental or socio-emotional tasks d. a successful group finds a balance between the accomplishment of instrumental and socio-emotional tasks e. socio-emotional issues have no place within a successful group

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In reviewing the status of research and practice in thanatology, Herman Feifel points out that the

A. human mind operates on various levels of reality or finite provinces of meaning. B. fear of death is a monolithic variable. C. human mind operates in an interdependent, not autonomous, manner. D. conscious fear of death is unrelated to innate fears.

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?Compared to earlier in this century, the American population now has a

a. ?higher percentage of elderly persons.
b. ?lower percentage of elderly persons.
c. ?higher rate of acute illnesses.
d. ?lower rate of prostate cancer.
e. ?higher rate of infant mortality.

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