The idea that a healthier lifestyle delays and shortens the period of debilitating old age is known as
a. rigor mortis.
b. cohort dividend.
c. biological aging.
d. compressed morbidity.
Answer: d
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The elderly who are members of racial or ethnic minorities are disproportionately poor
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Which of the following illustrates corporate capitalism?
A. Companies install a scrubber that would clean chemical pollutants from emissions rather than causing air pollution. B. Companies employ locals as employees to increase employment in the area rather than employing illegal immigrants at wages lower than the minimum wage. C. Companies use explosives and a handful of workers to dig rather than employing hundreds of workers to dig coal from underground. D. Companies use unadultered coal to generate electricity rather than mixing pure coal with charcoal to make the materials cheaper.
In 1935, the wake-promoting effect of amphetamine led to testing it for the treatment of ________, which is defined as a condition in which the individual spontaneously falls asleep as many as 50 times a day.
A. cataplexy B. narcolepsy C. insomnia D. sleep paralysis
The basic theoretical orientation of Du Bois as established by the authors is
a. Nonrational, collective b. Nonrational, individual c. Rational, collective d. Rational, individual