Elderly victims of violent crime are most likely to be assaulted by:
a. a young minority male outside the home.
b. a young male of their own ethnicity outside the home.
c. a relative inside the home.
d. a male or female from a low income background engaged in mail theft.
C
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Both values and goals are
a. ends. b. norms. c. institutions. d. attitudes.
A very remote tribe of people lives in the highlands of Papua, New Guinea. Boys are expected to undergo a blood initiation, which to outsiders would seem quite cruel and inhuman. For example, elders stick long canes into the young initiates' noses and a sharp arrow pierces their tongues a number of times. Members of the tribe believe that these rituals are necessary to expel the contaminated blood received from their mothers when they gave birth to them. Men may not marry or assume adult responsibilities unless they undergo these rituals. What do these rituals represent to these young men?
A. agents of socialization B. a life-course perspective C. a rite of passage D. a total institution
Over the five-year period from 2007 to 2012, the number of people who consider themselves religiously unaffiliated in the United States_______________
a. declined to less than 10 percent b. rose from 1 percent to nearly 12 percent c. rose to about 20 percent d. stayed the same
Animation Concept Video: Understanding Social ClassClick on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 208 and watch the videos. When you've finished watching the videos, come back to the test and answer the following questions:Which of the following is one of the three factors included in Weber's definition of social class?
A. open class B. lifestyle C. prestige D. ascribed status