A. aged persons maintaining their regular social roles
B. aged persons abandoning their regular roles so that younger people may assume them
C. a period before retirement
D. a pleasant interlude for the elderly
Related Mcqs:
- It has been found that disengagement is usually________________?
A. very voluntary
B. never forced
C. often forced
D. rarely enforced - Ethnocentrism refers to_______________?
A. an attitude with which members of one society judge another society according to their own standards
B. the attitude that cultures be analyzed on their own terms
C. the attitude that certain values and practices are common to all cultures
D. all of the above - The “invisible hand” refers to_______________?
A. a feature of Adam Smith,s Wealth of Nations
B. the belief God exhibited by the Puritans
C. the fact that prayer results in help
D. a belief in ghosts prevalent in the early Middle Ages - The production possibilities frontier refers to_______________?
A. the amount of each commodity that can be produced given available resources
B. unlimited production of one commodity
C. limitless output of commodities
D. none of the above - The “real revolution” of the last twenty years according to one sociologist refers to_______________?
A. the jailing of spouse abusers and marital rapists
B. “serial” or “throwaway” marriages
C. male bonding and tribalism
D. women,s lack of interest in marriage - Religiosity refers to_______________?
A. depth of religious feelings
B. whether one believes in God or gods
C. whether one participates in religious rituals
D. a belief in heaven and hell - It is the function of Congress to_______________?
A. vote funds for conducting foreign affairs
B. conduct foreign affairs
C. unanimously approve treaties
D. decide the constitutionality of specific laws - The main function of organized labor is to_______________?
A. manage large corporations
B. strike
C. bargain collectively
D. regulate safety - To use up the final products of production is to_______________?
A. distribute
B. consume
C. allocate
D. appropriate - The difference in attitudes of whites and African Americans is related to_______________?
A. age
B. social status
C. social class
D. none of these
