Which of the following is an example of a cohort effect?
A. the shift in the attitudes of a country's population toward gay marriage from the 1960s till the early 2000s
B. the impact of the civil rights movement on the economy of the United States in the 1970s
C. the shift in the average life expectancy of an older cohort from the 1960s till the early 2000s
D. the impact of the Great Depression on the rich and the poor
Answer: A
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a. role making b. role taking c. mind d. conventional gestures
Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore suggest that in order to promote merit, people need to:
a. be rewarded for their efforts b. be forced to work c. strive for complete equality d. earn six figure incomes
Information that is available on sexual practices in the U.S. indicates that a. most people still have only one sexual partner throughout their lives
b. young people are becoming sexually active at a later age. c. very few people have extramarital sex. d. having sex tends to be very frequent.
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A. They keep their "real" and digital worlds completely separate. B. They have replaced face-to-face interactions with digital interactions. C. They engage in social media as an alternative to real life. D. They have integrated their "real" and digital into a seamless whole.