Reasons a victim may be reluctant to report incest include all of the following EXCEPT:
A) ?fear that the family may be disrupted through imprisonment of the perpetrator or out-of-home placement of the children.
B) ?lack of legal protections, because incest is not against the law in some states.
C) ?fear that parents will divorce.
D) ?fear that she will not be believed or be blamed.
B
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According to national random surveys (Valenzuela et al., 2009), how many teenagers and young adults (18- to 29- year-olds) use social networking sites?
a. 1 out of 10 b. 1 out of 20 c. 2 out of 5 d. 2 out of 3
An ongoing pattern of life that is passed from one generation to the next is called
a. conformity. b. standard norms. c. group cohesion. d. culture.
In polygamous families in the American Southwest, siblings express more solidarity toward their full than their half siblings, something that is promoted by
a. the fathers. c. the full siblings themselves. b. the mothers. d. the half siblings.
The two older adults described in the vignette near the beginning of Chapter 15 found in each other
a. love and companionship b. the possibility of marriage for the first time in their lives c. anger and depression d. an opportunity to move into Marie's private home e. opposition to their relationship on the part of the man's daughter