A. the young are superior to the old
B. the old are superior to the young
C. there is a smooth transfer of roles between the old and the young
D. work is best left to those who can do it
Related Mcqs:
- Ageism asserts that___________________?
A. wisdom accompanies advancing age
B. each stage of life has its own rewards
C. the young are superior to the old
D. life begins forty - Social Darwinists believed that________________?
A. resources belong to all the people
B. only the strongest persons should control the resources of a society
C. the weak shall inherit the earth
D. natural selection was a hoax - The structural functionalist explanation of social stratification asserts that________________?
A. nature demands the existence of social classes
B. there is a limited number of skilled talented people thus they should be rewarded
C. resources are plentiful so there is enough for all
D. people were not meant to work - Organization differ from institutions in that________________?
A. one cannot join an institution
B. only a few organizations last long enough to become institutions
C. institutions are organizations in which people no longer discuss the basis of the rules
D. all of the above - Deviance contributes to social change in that________________?
A. today’s deviant is tomorrow’s leader
B. deviant acts invariably point to outdated rules
C. deviance is a fad
D. some actions initially defined as deviant eventually become generally accepted - Democratic capitalism means that________________?
A. all property belongs to the government
B. the economy is regulated through legislation and taxation
C. losers totally destroyed
D. the individual is free to do anything as long as he/she has money - Scientists agree that________________?
A. there are three races
B. there are fifty two races
C. there are no races
D. all of humankind is descended from the same common stock - Environmental depletion is the term used to mean that________________?
A. natural resources are increasing in proportion to an increased demand for them
B. natural resources are decreasing as demand for them increase
C. natural resources can be substituted with artificial ones
D. humans are capable to adapt to other resources when the old ones disappear - The global social system differs from a societal social system in that________________?
A. nations contain a variety of ethnic and racial groups
B. no global government exists
C. nations do not have common goals
D. all of the above - Thomas Malthus sated that________________?
A. fodd increases in a geometric progression
B. population grow in arithmetic progression
C. populations increase in geometric progression
D. population growth is a matter of algebra not geometry or arithmetic
