According to the text, middle-class two-parent African American families are those
A) in which the father plays a less dominant role.
B) in which husbands tend to be less satisfied with life in their families.
C) in which wives maintain dominance over family members.
D) from which African American leaders are most likely to emerge.
D
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He believes that children should understand their responsibility to care for their elderly family members when they grow up. However Nora, a critic, states that this "affection myth" can have negative consequences on children. Which of the following statements, if true, is likely to strengthen Nora's argument? A) Children who are taught to care for the elderly learn about cooperation and a sense of community at a young age. B) Children undergo undue amounts of stress when they are taught that care giving and love mean the same thing. C) Research indicates that extended families in which the parents live with their adult children tend to be happier than nuclear families. D) Children who care for the elders turn out to be more sensitive toward others' needs and be more responsible individuals.
________ is the payment of money or property by the bride's family to the groom's family
A) Bride price B) Dowry C) Blind endowment D) Elopement
To say that modern society has a "mass scale" means that many fewer people ________
a. live in small communities. b. have a strong sense of cultural heritage. c. are very sure about what is right and wrong. d. All of these responses are correct.
Defining boundaries between social categories in fluid class systems is much more difficult than defining boundaries of categories within a rigid caste system. Why is this so?
a. The inequality in income levels is much less pronounced in a caste system than in a class system. b. Caste systems have only two levels, whereas a class system has infinite levels. c. Social status within a class system is unchangeable during a person's life, whereas a person's status may vary throughout life in a caste system. d. A person's standing on one dimension may differ from other dimensions within a class system, making class boundaries unclear.