The United States is commonly classified as a __________ democracy, a form of government in which certain individuals are selected to speak for the people

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


representative

Sociology

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Which of the following is not a concern about raising or eliminating a mandatory retirement age?

a) Younger workers can become demoralized if the age at which they can expect to be promoted increases. b) The contributions to social security and other retirement plans made by older workers are not helpful. c) Older workers can have a more difficult time adapting to new technology than younger workers. d) With no mandatory retirement age, it can demoralize workers if some employees are fired for cause when they are no longer able to perform their jobs.

Sociology

Which of these is not a social change associated with modernization?

a. bipolar stratification system b. life expectancy increases c. death rate decreases d. urbanization e. centralized political system involved in more human affairs

Sociology

Even after controlling for SES, African Americans have __________ white Americans

a. worse health outcomes than b. better health outcomes than c. similar health outcomes to d. better access to healthcare than

Sociology

Ira Reiss (Reiss and Lee 1988) characterized the development of love in terms of four separate but interrelated processes. Which of the following is NOT one of these four processes?

A. rapport B. sexuality C. mutual dependency D. self-revelation

Sociology