According to age stratification theories, elderly people in industrialized societies are likely to have more ___ than elderly people in less industrialized society.
A) control over the use of resources
B) separation from younger people
C) social respect
D) perceived wisdom
Ans: B) separation from younger people
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A) Real income is growing. B) Real income is declining. C) Real income is stagnant. D) Real income is not measurable.
Which of the following is true about using annual per capita gross national income (per capita GNI) to measure the wealth of nations? a. It accurately reflects what individuals actually receive in wages
b. Per capita GNI reflects each person's share of their country's production, not wages or pay. c. It effectively measures informal exchanges and bartering in which resources are exchanged. d. It accurately reflects what families actually receive in wages or pay.
Social structures sometimes have negative consequences for the operation of society as a whole. Which of the following concepts refers to these negative consequences?
a. Social structure b. Manifest functions c. Social functions d. Social dysfunctions
One of the key insights of Immanuel Wallerstein's world systems analysis is that the global capitalist economy functions as a single, coherent system.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)