Mary is a real estate agent who makes $100,000 a year. She lives in a three bedroom house and has a Lexus. The economy takes a downturn and she loses her job. Within a year, she loses her home and her vehicle and becomes homeless. This is an example of:
a. upward mobility
b. relative poverty
c. intergenerational mobility
d. downward mobility
d. downward mobility
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What does it mean to say that American religion has experienced "feminization?"
a) Women have taken on the role of religious leader in the family. b) Feminists are breaking down the social structure of religion. c) Being female in the church is deemed more powerful. d) Religion expects women to be feminine and ladylike.
How a society treats its deviants is one measure of how humane it is. What would an examination of prisons and mental hospitals in the United States suggest regarding this standard?
A) The United States is the most humane society in the world. B) Prisons are a last resort in dealing with deviants. C) U.S. prisons emphasize prisoner rehabilitation and mental hospitals cure the mentally ill. D) They are both used as warehouse for the unwanted.
The value placed on the underlies the Korean use of "our" versus "my"
a. group b. survival of the fittest c. self-made person d. individual achievement
SAGE News Clips: Work and Life BalanceDescription: In this video, we are introduced to New York-based start-up Quirky, which has instituted a policy it calls "blackout." During "blackout," which occurs company-wide at various points throughout the year, working parents are afforded time to spend with their families. While the policy is unconventional, major companies such as Volkswagen and Goldman Sachs have similar strategies. Watch this video to learn more about work and life balance.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 331, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild conducted research at a well-known Fortune 500
company that had several "family friendly" policies. She was surprised by her findings because her data suggested all these statements to be true of the women she interviewed EXCEPT which of the following? A. Some feared that using more liberal work policies would affect their future career earnings. B. Most said they put family first but still felt strained to their limit. C. Almost all the women cut back on their work time. D. Almost none of the women cut back on their work time.