Power whose exercise is governed by the norms and statuses of institutions is referred to as:
a. authority
b. coercive power
c. influence
d. permissive power
A
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Which statement best describes households in which grandparents are taking care of their grandchildren?
a. Grandparents often have physical or mental health problems that could make caring for a child difficult. b. Child welfare agencies have usually intervened on behalf of the child. c. Almost 2 million children live only with their grandparents and are cared for by those grandparents. d. When grandparents get involved in childrearing, it is usually because the parent is dead.
What might be one reason why researchers have difficulty calculating the rate of childlessness?
a. Blended families make it more difficult to discern who is a parent and who isn't. b. People whose children have grown into adults sometimes consider themselves childless, which may inaccurately alter statistics. c. Childlessness is highly stigmatized, so people are likely to misreport their status to survey researchers. d. Women are having their first child at an older average age, making it difficult to decide at what point someone is childless.
Sociologists’ study of social problems is a value-free pursuit
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.