Which recent event has significantly impacted social stratification in the United States?
A. Great depression
B. Great recession
C. Iraq war
D. Brexit
B. Great recession
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The purpose of measures of central tendency is to describe what value of a distribution of scores is
a. the most typical or representative b. the most surprising or unexpected c. the most significant or important d. all of the above
According to the text, patterns of touch are strongly influenced by gender. Which of the following statements regarding gender and touch is false? a. Women are more likely to use touch for emotional support than men are
b. Boys tend to be touched by their parents more roughly than girls are. c. In an interaction, which people touch others is a reflection of the relative social status of the participants. d. In everyday interaction men and women tend to use touch about equally.
Compared with married individuals, divorced individuals have a. a higher standard of living
b. less money and resources. c. dramatically improved economic circumstances. d. little change in their economic circumstances.
In what sequence does the evolutionary order of societies take place?
a. horticultural, hunting and gathering, agricultural, industrial b. hunting and gathering, agricultural, horticultural, industrial c. hunting and gathering, horticultural, agricultural, industrial d. hunting and gathering, industrial, agricultural, horticultural e. agricultural, hunting and gathering, horticultural, industrial