The problem of how people manage to communicate their values and arrive at mutual understanding is a central concern of which of the following theoretical perspectives?
a. exchange theory
b. functionalism
c. human ecology
d. symbolic interactionism
D
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The chairman of the ethics committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine said that it is sometimes acceptable to choose the sex of their children by
A) selecting male or female embryos and discarding the rest. B) aborting the fetus after the undesired sex is determined. C) infanticide. D) all of the above three.
Aulette discussed multiple kinds of power as features of married life. Power is more than being able to force someone to do something or making the decisions. It also includes the ability to
a. manipulate spouses psychologically. b. force one's definition of reality on others. c. control information needed for decision making. d. generate tension release in stressful situations.
A comparison of the distribution of single males and females reveals that a. single males are concentrated along the West Coast and single females are concentrated in the New England states
b. single females are concentrated along the West Coast and single males are concentrated in the New England states. c. single males and single females are both concentrated along the West Coast and in the New England states. d. single males and single females are evenly distributed throughout the U.S.
Local cultures are __________
A) an emerging global identity transcending social contexts B) all valued equally around the world C) irrelevant in today’s globalized world D) sometimes pushed aside by globalized identities