When speaking to a group of college students, a politician mentions her efforts to increase access to college loans and grants. In this case students are the
a. comparison reference group.
b. normative reference group.
c. outgroup.
d. audience reference group.
d
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A. cognitive behavioral B. psychoanalysis C. medication D. ECT
Which of the following statements best represents a feminist understanding of the family?
a. Men continue to bear the main responsibility for domestic tasks. b. The best way to structure a family is to have one parent responsible for the nurturing duties and another responsible for providing for the family economically. c. Women invest large amounts of emotional labor in maintaining personal relationships. d. Jobs that involve caring, such as child-care worker, nanny, or elderly companion, are among the highest paid of all occupations.
Which of the following statements about education is FALSE?
A. Internationally, education seems to run in two extremes; some children receive excellent education and others receive little or no education at all. B. On many standardized tests administered throughout the world, the United States lags behind many other advanced industrialized nations. C. In some countries, girls are excluded from school for legal, religious, cultural, or economic reasons. D. Students in the United States receive lower math scores today than they did in 1990.
Nicholas recognizes that massive increases in individual personal debt and stagnating wages might lead to an economic crisis. Nicholas is using his ______.
A. anthropological perspective B. sociological imagination C. economic imagination D. psychological perspective