Bernadette, the mother, plans to leave all of her wealth to her daughter. She further expects that her daughter will use her maiden name when she gets married and has children. In Bernadette's family descent and inheritance are passed from the mother to her female descendents, therefore the family is ____
a. patrilineal
b. matrilineal
c. patriarchal
d. matriarchal
e. matrilocal
B
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a. globalization-from-above. c. globalization-from-below. b. social movements. d. awareness of objective deprivation.
Cody is a member of the L.A. Crips. The other gangs in his territory are the Bloods and Satan's Slaves. Cody feels very antagonistic toward the Bloods and Satan's Slaves. For Cody, these two rival gangs would be considered __________
a. secondary groups b. ingroups c. reference groups d. outgroups
Sociologist Helen Ebaugh studied the process of role exit by interviewing ex-convicts, ex-nuns, retirees, divorced men and women, and others who had exited voluntarily from significant social roles. Ebaugh concluded that role exit occurs in four stages. _____ is the second stage
a. A search for alternativesb. The creation of a new identity c. The turning point d. Doubt
Of the following, the ______ is notone of De Jong and Fawcett's major concepts in the migration decision-making process
a. propensity toward migration b. motivation to migrate c. decision to become a migrant d. consequences of migration