The most prevalent pattern of power and authority in families is __________. Across cultures, men are the primary decision makers regarding domestic, economic, and social concerns facing the family
a. oligarchy
b. matriarchy
c. egalitarianism
d. patriarchy
d
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According to the text, research on environmental racism indicates that:
a. the location of hazardous wastes near minority neighborhoods is too frequent to be occurring by chance. b. it is probably not done intentionally and many dumps are also located in White neighborhoods. c. most of the toxic dumps have now been dismantled and cleaned up. d. the problem is overstated; it does not occur very often.
__________ states that societies develop social structures, or institutions, that persist because they play a part in helping society survive. These institutions include the family, education, government, religion, and the economy
a. Postmodernism b. Symbolic interactionism c. Conflict theory d. Functionalism
Most government agencies define a family as poor if its income is less than half of the average American family income
a. true b. false
A hypothesis substantiated by research is best defined as a ______.
A. thesis B. theory C. dissertation D. general law