How many modes of adaptation did Merton identify as being employed as we deal with the discrepancy between culturally prescribed goals and means?
a. one
b. two
c. four
d. five
e. eight
Question 2
The concept of the dependency ratio is important because
a. it shows who will take care of the elderly.
b. it describes the life expectancy of the elderly.
c. it defines who will pay for the care of the elderly.
d. it describes the burden on the economically active to pay for care for the elderly.
e. it describes how many of the elderly exist at any given time.
An adaptation protecting against aluminum toxicity.
Salt glands as an adaptation for marine life.
Endotracheal intubation. First, a lighted scope is used to identify the trachea from the esophagus.
Relationship between psychosocial adaptation
Vision light adaptation & release of the inhibitory neurotransmitter glutamate
Doty's data show a very rapid drop in late adulthood in the ability to identify smells