The United States, when compared to other advanced industrial nations, has the highest proportion of its population below the poverty line

a. true
b. false


a

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A number of words in English reinforce negative images about gender. This is an example of _______.

A. innovation theory B. functionalist theory C. conflict theory D. symbolic interaction theory E. cultural theory

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Native American parents have been described as exhibiting a(n) __________ parenting style

a. authoritarian b. permissive c. hierarchical d. authoritative

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When we say that reality is socially constructed, we mean that:

A. it is only through the development of individual human potential that societies progress.  B. the meanings we give to natural and social phenomenon arise out of human interaction. C. social phenomenon are fixed, universal, and true, regardless of the context in which they arise. D. humans alter the physical environment to meet the needs of human populations.

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Premarital sex, homosexuality, and cohabitation before marriage are:

a. more normative than they were in the past b. still deviant in mainstream society c. considered deviant or normative depending on geographic location d. considered deviant or normative depending on which group of people you ask

Sociology