Which term is used by sociologists to refer to a set of expectations for people who occupy a given social position or status?
A. social role
B. structural role
C. achieved role
D. ascribed role
A. social role
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The southern Irish were the first non-Protestant immigrants to enter the United States in the early 1800s. 2. Catholic schools were important to the maintenance of ethnic identity among Catholic immigrants from Europe. 3. Worker unions provided southern Italian immigrants with upward mobility. 4. The Immigration Act of 1924 created an open-door policy for eastern and southern European immigrants. 5. Sephardic Jews came to America to avoid massacre in Spain and Portugal.
Which of the couples below have the shortest average courtship time from first meeting to marriage?
a. lesbians b. gay men c. individuals who have been married before and are dating again d. individuals who tend to drink somewhat heavily on each date
The cognitive maintenance mechanism in which a partner's faults are judged to be relatively trivial and the relationship's deficiencies are considered to be relatively unimportant is known as:
A) positive illusion. B) perceived superiority. C) cognitive interdependence. D) the Michelangelo phenomenon.
Armando believes that children essentially learn to behave and that parents should foster positive behaviors. His thinking is most in line with which theory of childrearing?
A. psychodynamic theory B. organismic theory C. biopsychological theory D. behavioral theory