Which of the following statements is true of homeless individuals?
A. Homelessness is a "personal" issue caused by individual flaws or characteristics.
B. The stereotype of a homeless person being responsible for her situation has some truth in it.
C. Political groups that support the notion of passivity of victimized women acknowledge their active desires to change their situation.
D. Even a minimal intervention at critical junctures will assist victimized women break the pattern of abuse in the long run.
Answer: D
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a. the United States b. Malaysia c. Argentina d. Japan
The bulk of gender roles' research has primarily been associated with
(a) immigrant nannies. (b) white middle-class heterosexuals. (c) African American males. (d) upper-class females.
Milgram found that conformity with directions to administer harmful shocks to other people was greatest when:
a. an authority figure was in the room observing. b. the research subject had to hold the hand of the person receiving the shock. c. the subject could see the person they were administering the shock to. d. None of these; there were no variables that influenced the degree of conformity.
Darren and Eliza were married five years and then divorced. Their pattern of "uncoupling" followed the pattern described by Diane Vaughan's 1986 study. What happened to Darren and Eliza?
a. They had a child before marriage, which created financial stress and strain with their families of origin. b. After three years of marriage, they both started creating independent social lives, without even realizing it. c. They lived in a nuclear family, which isolated them from broader extended family support. d. They refer to their divorce as "uncoupling," which makes it seem less severe.