Societies where men have more control than women over the economy and hold leadership positions in religion, politics, and other institutions are ______.
A. paternalistic
B. patrilineal
C. patriarchal
D. patrifocal
Answer: C
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a. Sick role behavior b. Medicalization of America c. DSM translation d. Diagnostic and Statistical myth
Higher levels of conflict between husband and wife are most likely to result from
a. flextime arrangements for both spouses. b. on-site day care provided by the wife's employer. c. high levels of intergenerational mobility compared with the parents' generation. d. long hours of additional night and weekend work by one spouse. e. a fair division of housework between husband and wife.
When people in society have different access to resources, sociologists would say that there is ______.
A. egalitarianism B. inequality C. dysfunctional socioeconomic status D. poverty
In terms of racial categories, most people arrested for a violent crime in the United States are _____.
a. white c. people of mixed race b. African American d. of Hispanic ancestry