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The differences in behavior between men and women______________? A. are due strictly to biology B. are due strictly to cultureC. are due both to biology and culture D. are the product of totalitarian governments?
As a person age_____________? A. health care costs decrease B. senility sets in C. senescence affects a small minority D. none of the above
Kinsey maintained that______________? A. sexuality exists on a continuum B. one is either a heterosexual or a homosexual C. bisexuals lack specific hormones D. people should have sex-change operations if they felt they were the wrong sex
The identical twin who lost his penis in a tragic accident______________? A. accepted his female identity B. acted as a female wouldC. preferred dolls to guns D. none of the above
The ideology of ageism__________________? A. prevails only in the U.S B. applies only to the oldC. asserts that the very young and the very old are inferior D. has little impact on the society
In modern society death has acquired to some extent a sense of_____________? A. meaninglessness B. ordinarinessC. unnaturalness D. appropriateness
Retirements negative effects are felt most strongly by_____________? A. upper-class men and service workers B. women in general and lower-class workers C. middle-class men and lower-class womenD. none of the above
The view that the elderly lack social and material resources to reciprocate in relationships and consequently occupy a subservient status is the point of______________? A. activity theory B. disengagement theoryC. exchange theory D. modernization theory
As of 2005 what proportion of women were in managerial professional and administrative positions ? A. 20% B. 12%C. 50% D. 4%
In the case of the male twin castrated during circumcision________________? A. he was content living as a female B. he behaved as a little girl once he was given female hormonesC. in spite of attempted socialization as a female he was unhappy in his gender D. his case proves that nurture is stronger than nature