Social Problems Test Review

Activity theory has found that the variable most likely to affect an older person’s outlook is

The US population has a longer life expectancy than ever due to all of the following except

The difficulties of adjustment to old age can be broadly characterized as

The key factor relating to how well or badly a person adjusts to old age is

The practice of living in a city for work, but maintaining a primary residence hours away is

In the US, the number of people over 65 is increasing more than ____ as fast as the population.

A commercial center set up within a suburban residential community is a(n)

The likelihood that a person will serve time in jail is influenced by all the following except

How is life expectancy distributed around the world?

The age group which makes up the biggest share of the US prison population is

According to treadmill of production model, ecological resources are continually exploited by

A residential community well outside a city, beyond the suburbs, is a(n)

_____ theory has been called the implicit theory of aging.

Housing that is subsidized by the government is

A person of color is more likely to be involved in all of the following situations except

The term for the study of aging and the elderly is

Every year, _____ Americans die of health problems caused by fine particulates.

What is a consequence of industrialization?

The assumption that human activity is constrained by a finite biophysical space is the

The crisis which led to the beginning of environmental sociology in the early 1970s was

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Since the 1990s, the depletion of the Ozone layer has

Which of the following hypothetical people is most likely to be convicted of a crime?

A residential community just outside a city is a(n)

A human exemptionalist believes that resource constraints can be overcome by

Dramatic loss of surface water has been observed in the

In the elderly population over 85,

In general, how do the elderly of the US view their health?

All of the following are reasons a person might not report a crime except

The “older elderly” are people who are