The apartment building manager did not consider Sheila’s application because she was elderly and she didn’t want to cramp the style of her younger residents. What is the apartment manager exemplifying?
A. Elder abuse
B. Gerontocracy
C. Ageism
D. Prejudice
C. Ageism
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. 35 percent c. 65 percent b. 51 percent d. 90 percent
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A. the reduction of territory B. understanding the meaning behind a military attack C. social integration D. the reduction of ethnocentrism
A college student interrupts the instructor during a seminar; the instructor responds with an angry glare. This is an example of ________.
A. neutralization B. tenure C. formal social control D. informal social control