Which of the following is a more recent American value?
a. Achievement and success
b. Material comfort
c. Equality
d. Physical fitness and youthfulness
Answer: D
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The informal economy refers to ________
A) work for illegal immigrants B) pornography on the web C) semi-independent menial or service jobs D) all of the above
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When most of us learned about the American history in school, we were taught the history of European Americans. Other groups’ experiences were either briefly described or not described at all. 2. A coprovider family is what we call today a single-earner structure, where only one partner contributes to the family income and the other stays at home. 3. Despite our popular mythology, there were actually very few multigenerational households with warm and loving grandparents welcoming each grandchild’s birth. 4. The church plays a minimal, if not absent, role in African American mental and spiritual resilience and there is often very little community support system available for black families. 5. The higher Asian American socioeconomic status can also partially be explained by the fact that they settled mainly on the East and West Coasts where wages are higher.
What best describes the realities of equality before the law in the United States?
A. The chances of arrest and punishment are equal for all. B. The poor are more likely to get arrested but not punished. C. The rich are equally likely to be punished, but less likely to be arrested. D. The poor face a greater likelihood of arrest and punishment.
When social values contradict one another, such contradictions can serve as a source of __________.
a. social norms b. social change c. social consensus d. social support