Many analysts suggest that the planet already has more people than it can support in the long term; this means we have exceeded our planet's__________.

A. demographic potential
B. carrying capacity
C. ecological balance
D. environmental balance


Answer: B

Sociology

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a. discrimination against the minority b. prejudicial beliefs about the minority c. distinctive resource shares held by the minority d. a and b above e. all of the above

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During the 19th and early 20th centuries, wealthy White women were especially susceptible to illness. This phenomenon

A) can be explained by genetic deficiencies. B) was shared by poor and immigrant women also. C) was the result of real symptoms being caused by "stylishness." D) was unexplainable by medical doctors of the period.

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Self-actualized people prefer to retreat to pleasant fantasies rather than to cope with unpleasant realities

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to George Herbert Mead, during which stage of development does a child respond to numerous members of the social environment and grasp his or her distinctive social position?

A. the concrete operational stage B. the game stage C. the preparatory stage D. the play stage

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