Structural-functionalist sociologist Talcott Parsons argued that men tend to be ______ or task- oriented and women are ______ or interaction-oriented.

a. instrumental, expressive
b. expressive, instrumental
c. ego, alter
d. alter, ego


a. instrumental, expressive

Sociology

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a. will accumulate more wealth over their lives. b. will accumulate less wealth. c. will achieve a relatively low education. d. will themselves experience higher fertility.

Sociology

Very few of the more than 300 treaties between Native Americans groups and the U.S. government between 1790 and the Civil war were honored in full

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Sociology

Goffmans impression management applies to cyberspace interaction

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Sociology

A person's ______ is determined by their reproductive organs and chromosomes.

a. gender identity b. sex c. sexual identity d. all of the above

Sociology