A breadwinner father, a few children, and a mother who stays home to take care of them is known as the
a. cultural ideal of family.
b. typical family.
c. functional family.
d.
mythical family.
a
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In coping with culturally induced stress, Jews are likely to turn to eating and Muslims to strong coffee or hashish instead of drinking. This is because they
a) lack experience with using alcohol to deal with stress. b) have been provided with culturally approved alternatives to the use of alcohol. c) have no genetic predispositions toward drinking in their culture. d) follow religions that prohibit all forms of drinking.
Which of the following perspectives assumes that social problems are the result of collective definitions that are constructed and shaped by news and entertainment media?
A. structural functionalism B. symbolic interactionalism C. conflict theory D. critical media theory
On the societal level, which of the following is a solution to combat institutionalized discrimination?
A. therapy B. tolerance education C. legal system revisions D. positive contact
Social scientists and biologists attribute different factors for the differences in men and women's behavior. Which of the following is a difference between their points of view?
A) Social scientists believe that human development is innate whereas biologists do not.
B) Biologists state that human development is fairly fixed whereas social scientists do not.
C) Social scientists argue that human development is influenced by heredity whereas biologists do not.
D) Biologists state that human development is learned whereas social scientists do not.