Emma's research on middle age uses the life-stage perspective. Which of the following best describes this perspective?
a) Development is a lifelong process, multidirectional, and consists of both
positive and negative changes, including gains and losses.
b) Overall, older parents and their adult children remain emotionally linked as
children leave home, cohabit, marry, and are employed.
c) Development proceeds through a fairly set pattern of sequential stages that most
people experience, and these stages are nearly universal and age-linked.
d) Age-related transitions that are socially produced, socially recognized, and shared;
they are related to social structure, historical forces, and culture.
e) The sex ratio of middle-age adults is skewed.
C
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a. increasing with immigrants from Europe and Africa. b. decreasing due to a reduction in immigration. c. unchanged. d. increasing with immigrants from Asia and Latin America.
Manifest functions refer to
a. the accomplishing of purposively directed goals. b. unintended consequences. c. the harmful effects resulting from intended actions. d. alternative ways of meeting system needs.
More modern frameworks (concerning Marxist theories) place more emphasis on factors that stem from __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
When it comes to gender and schooling, ________
a. boys are more likely than girls to be diagnosed with a learning disability. b. more girls than boys are placed in special education classes. c. most disciplinary problems in schools involve girls. d. disciplinary problems in schools involve boys and girls equally.