By focusing on the competition for resources such as jobs, _____ theory offers an explanation of why both youth and the elderly are assigned lower status in society and are most likely to be poor.

A. functionalist
B. conflict
C. symbolic interaction
D. psychoanalytic


Answer: B

Sociology

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What will be an ideal response?

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