Which perspective focuses on the labels and meanings we place on things such as the wink of an eye?
A. feminism
B. the social conflict paradigm
C. structural functionalism
D. symbolic interactionism
Ans: D
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_____ asserts that dichotomous sex and gender categories are enforced by the power of social institutions and those who control them.
A. Liberal feminism B. Feminist interpretivism C. “Doing gender” D. Queer theory
Which type of thought is characterized by the recognition that the correct answer varies from situation to situation, solutions must be realistic, ambiguity is the rule rather than the exception, and emotion and subjective factors usually play a role in thinking?
A. concrete operational thought B. formal operational thought C. post-formal thought D. reflective thought
“Core, peripheral, and semi-peripheral” are country-classifications based on which of the following approaches?
A. World Bank B. World Systems C. Cold War D. Imperialist
A study was conducted with a large group of unhappily married people who were interviewed twice over 5 years. The researchers asked, “Are those who divorced during this 5-year period happier than those who stayed married?” They found:
A. on average, the people in the divorced group were no happier than those who remained married. B. women who divorced were happier, but men who divorced were not. C. that one-quarter of those who stayed married over the 5 years reported that their marriages had improved. D. those people who were among the “happier” of the unhappy marriages at the time of the first interview reported the most dramatic turnaround.