Which of the following statements most accurately describes the impact of loss on the family system?
a. The death of a family member is really the only major type of loss that seriously impacts upon the family's development and choice of strategies.
b. Most families never recover from the death of a family member
c. The loss of a parent's job, loss of the family's home due to a poor economy or a natural
disaster, the loss of a family member's physical health, or the loss of one's physical mobility, are all examples of losses that can alter a family's developmental course and require adjustments in its choice of strategies.
d. Loss and bereavement are handled by most families in the same way
C
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In Denmark and Japan, what happened when they made the sale of hard-core pornography legal?
A) Sexual abuse in families increased. B) Sex crimes against children dropped. C) The incidence of rape increased dramatically. D) They saw decreases in use of prostitutes.
What favorable characteristics are typical of portrayals of the Chinese American family?
What will be an ideal response?
According to Durkheim, social interaction in industrial societies is less personal, more status oriented, and more focused on specific goals and objectives. This type of interaction is referred to as: a. mechanical solidarity
c. high-technology bonding. b. status-oriented bonding. d. organic solidarity.
Max Weber argued that sociologists need to:
a. become more personally involved in their research. b. rely on their morals to decide which scientific findings should be accepted as true. c. clearly state their personal values before beginning their research study. d. refrain from including their personal values into the research process. e. take on research for those social causes for which they are certain to help society's powerless persons who have no other spokesperson.