According to the text, the functions of the family may include all of the following except:
a. assignment of social roles and status
b. socialization of children.
c. acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption.
d. caring for extended family.
d
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Which of the following is a true statement about the cultural definition of poverty?
a. It excludes people who are defined as poor based solely on economic criteria.. b. It identifies the poor as those who are permanently and unwillingly poor. c. It applies strict economic definitions to explain the ethnic influence of poverty. d. It states that poverty has become less chronic.
Violence against women occurs: a. in every country in the world
b. only in underdeveloped countries. c. only in countries with authoritarian regimes. d. only in countries with fundamentalist societies.
Which of the following characterizes ethnic prejudice?
a. It involves thought that is subject to rational argument and therefore to change. b. It is based on selective evidence or a lack of evidence. c. It is a feeling or thought that, when directed toward an individual, is based on his/her individual behavior rather than his/her group membership. d. It involves thought regarding ethnic group members that is usually positive in content.
Dr. Livingston is giving a lecture in class. He is discussing a relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group. What is this relationship called?
A. fictive kin B. empirical approach C. family D. domestic partnership