The concept of "gerontology" refers to ________

a. estimating people's life expectancy.
b. a medical specialty dealing with old people.
c. the study of aging and the elderly.
d. a treatment that restores vitality to seniors.


Answer: c

Sociology

You might also like to view...

Churches were an important free space in the second wave of the women's movement.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Sociology

American women as a group earn significantly less than men as a group. The most striking example relates to incomes differences between men and women

a. who are college-educated. b. who are 35 years of age or older. c. over an extended period of work time, such as 15 years. d. over the course of a year.

Sociology

A classification system derived from the observation of specific variables is known as a(n): a. external validation

b. Thurstone scale. c. Likert scale. d. typology. e. index.

Sociology

U.S. companies outsource manufacturing and IT jobs to China and India where workers earn considerably lower wages than U.S. workers. In this situation India qualifies as a economy

a. core b. semiperipheral c. peripheral d. centralized

Sociology