Colonial children did not lead innocent lives and were controlled through strict discipline and hard work, due primarily to which social force?
A. poor health
B. economic necessity
C. poor education
D. religious belief
Answer: D. religious belief
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An advantage of __________ studies is that they provide firsthand accounts of those whose lives we are studying
(a) case (b) participant (c) ethnographic (d) observation
Which rate results from dividing the number of deaths of children under one year of age by the number of live births during the same year, then multiplying the result by 1,000?
A. infant mortality rate B. crude infant death rate C. crib death rate D. abortion rate
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. A social gerontologist focuses on developing a broad understanding of the experiences of people at specific ages, such as their mental and physical well-being. 2. The United States government classifies its citizens as elderly at age 65 and are therefore eligible for federal benefits. 3. The controversy surrounding how people feel about the death with dignity laws is representative of the way our society tries to separate itself from death. 4. The continuity theory of aging suggests that we experience an increased dependence as we age and must increasingly submit to the will of others because we have fewer ways of compelling others to submit to us. 5. In 78 percent of cultures, polygamy is accepted.
Modernization theory focuses on:
A. the economic development of all societies. B. the labor force participation of older adults after World War II. C. the degree of gender integration after World War II. D. the continuum of societies from least to most developed based on indicators like industrialization and urbanization.