Age structure is the ________
a. succession of statuses and roles that people in a particular society experience in a fairly predictable pattern as they grow older
b. scientific study of aging
c. ideology or set of beliefs holding that people in a particular age group are inferior
d. distribution of people into various age categories
Answer: d
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a. animal domestication. b. agriculture. c. iron smelting.
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a. first born children b. only children c. middle children d. last born children
Nature refers to , and nurture refers to
a. learned traits; inborn traits b. genetic factors; social experiences c. interaction factors; biological factors d. social capacities; biological potential
More recent, better designed and executed studies on the biological effects on deviant behavior and crime find that:
a. biological factors are the most important predictors of crime and deviance b. there is a weak relationship or no relationship between biological factors and crime c. biological factors have an overwhelming effect on many different types of crime, but not all of them d. genes play as strong a role as parents in a child's antisocial behavior