Which of the following statements is true of social influences that motivate individuals to have children?
A) An individual's religion has no effect on his or her decision to have children.
B) The taxes that federal and state governments impose discourage parenthood.
C) Individuals decide to have children for more financial than emotional reasons.
D) Culture influences feelings about the age parents should be when they have children.
D
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Talcott Parsons argued that people adopt the "sick role" as a way of ______.
A. gaining social status B. benefiting from the nurturing of others C. seeking empathy D. avoiding social responsibilities
Through the __________, schools make working-class and poverty-level students aware that they will be expected to take orders from others, arrive at work punctually, follow bureaucratic rules, and experience high levels of boredom without complaining
a. tracking system b. hidden curriculum c. manifest function of education d. resocialization process
An enduring social structure that serves basic human needs is:
a. a role. b. a value. c. an institution. d. a group.
According to Durkheim, functions of deviance include ________
a. negating cultural values and norms. b. the idea that responding to deviance promotes social unity. c. the idea that responding to deviance confuses moral boundaries. d. the idea that deviance looks the same across cultures.