Which of the following is a problem associated with Social Security?
A) It does not take paid wages into account.
B) It is not capped at a certain level of income so it taxes the rich more.
C) The dependency ratio has changed, so Social Security is becoming harder to finance.
D) You can only get your payments in cash.
Answer: C
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The idea that many minority groups, especially racial minorities, are essentially colonial people within a larger society is called:
a. de jure segregation b. intergroup delineation c. internal colonialism d. social ecology
What is one way that the sociological view of rape differs from that of evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, and psychologists?
(a) Sociologists understand rape as a reproductive strategy for "losers" who are unable to pass on their genetic inheritance by old-fashioned seduction. (b) Sociologists suggest that rape varies dramatically from one culture to another, and what causes the difference is the status of women. (c) Sociologists see rape as culturally legitimated and reproduced rather than as the product of a collection of sick and maladapted individuals. (d) Sociologists see rape as an aberrant behavior caused by a psychodynamic process.
Studying sociology helps people analyze data because they learn:
a. interview techniques b. to apply statistics c. to generate theories d. all of the above