Which of these statements is the best description of social class in the United States?
a. There is a very simple class structure with a very few wealthy landowners, while the majority of the population having no property
b. The social class system is very simple because throughout the society there is relative equality.
c. Social class status is determined almost exclusively by the occupation that one has.
d. The U.S. class system is elaborate; it could be depicted by a ladder with a different social class at each rung.
d
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements about fertility policies in Singapore is not true?
a) Policies adopted starting in 1966 intended to reduce fertility were intended to discourage women from having more than two children or, in some cases, more than three children. b) Policies adopted starting in 1966 intended to reduce fertility were quite successful. c) Policies adopted starting in 1984 intended to increase fertility were targeted at increasing fertility among the well-educated. d) Policies adopted starting in 1984 intended to increase fertility were quite successful.
Sociologist Arlie Hochschild suggests that we acquire a set of __________ that shape the appropriate emotions for a given role or specific situation, including how, where, when, and with whom an emotion should be expressed
a. emotional labors b. dramaturgical guidelines c. feeling rules d. socioemotional norms
______ is a theory of crime that asserts that all behavior is learned, both criminal and noncriminal.
A. Differential association theory B. Labeling theory C. Primary deviance D. Secondary deviance