When a person has several spouses in a lifetime, but only one spouse at a time, it is called

A. polygamy.
B. polygyny.
C. serial monogamy.
D. serial polygamy.


C. serial monogamy.

Sociology

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a. include younger children than previously. b. have a minority of adolescent members. c. keep young adults past their teen years. d. both a and c.

Sociology

Durkheim saw anomie as a condition of:

a. weak law enforcement. b. dependency. c. overemphasis on the welfare of the group. d. normlessness where cultural guidelines are weak. e. mental instability.

Sociology

Which of the following work rule changes is most likely to increase the alienation of the workers?

a. installing a hot-line for anonymous complaints about safety concerns b. requiring workers to keep track of their expenses while traveling on company business c. requiring that all promotion possibilities be posted for three weeks before the job is filled d. forbidding workers to talk with their co-workers e. requiring workers to eat only in the company cafeteria

Sociology

One of the basic concepts of queer theory is that

a. queer scholarship is fundamental different than straight. b. homosexual persons are as “natural” as heterosexual persons. c. sexual behaviors, identities, and categories are social constructs. d. the heterosexual matrix is naturally constructed.

Sociology