Chad recently lost his job, then he found out his girlfriend is pregnant and his father has prostate cancer. Chad is experiencing:
a. chronic stressors.
b. cumulative stressors.
c. external stressors.
d. acute stressors.
B
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Ritual is defined as _____. It evokes shared understandings among the believers (awe, reverence, ecstasy, and fear), which lead to group unity
a. an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods ignores the harsh effects of economic conditions on the family (for example, poverty, unemployment, and downward mobility) b. symbolic actions that reinforce the collective remembering of the group's shared meanings ignores the social inequalities (racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism) c. the preaching of the gospel with the intention of converting others masks the inevitable problems that arise in intimate settings (tensions, anger, violence) d. a moral community separate from and in many ways hostile toward the secular world all of the above
According to a study by the AARP, what was the number one reason of divorce at midlife and beyond?
A. sexual dysfunction B. verbal, physical, or emotional abuse C. infidelity D. chemical dependency
In general, the shape of a distribution of means tends to be
A) unimodal, symmetrical. B) bimodal, symmetrical. C) unimodal, skewed. D) rectangular, symmetrical.
The power of clothing designers to influence what fashions women wear has been analyzed as a form of encouraging women to engage in a project of ongoing body discipline. This is an example of:
a. agency–structure analysis b. social constructionism c. sociological imagination d. social reform