Gerontologists define aging in terms of
a. the number of years since the individual’s birth.
b. changes in memory, learning, adaptive capacity, personality, and mental functioning.
c. social roles, relationships, and the overall context in which we grow old.
d. All of these choices.
ANSWER: d
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Acts involving insider trading, price fixing, bribery, kickbacks and corporate tax evasion are:
a. included in the UCR index offenses. b. common crimes of the middle and working classes. c. known as financial offenses, a type of corporate crime. d. common among organized crime syndicates.
Among the following Theories of the State, which maintains that the state is not a neutral arbiter, but works to serve the interest of the ruling class?
a. Democrat b. Republican c. Marxist d. Monarchy
According to Carstensen, normal changes in overall cognitive processing begin in persons 20s and 30s
a. true b. false
Based on studies by Kreider and Ellis in 2011 and Livingston in 2014, which of the following statements is true of divorce in the United States?
A) ?Despite the high divorce rate, most people are not disillusioned about marriage.
B) ?More than 95 percent of the divorcees do not remarry as they report having lost faith in the institution of marriage.
C) ?Divorce rates have increased since 1990.
D) ?By the age of 50, only 5 percent of U.S. adults are divorced.
E) ?The United States has one of the lowest marriage and divorce rates in the world.