According to Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales, the expressive role is performed by ________.

A. whichever adult has a career
B. men
C. children
D. women


Answer: D

Sociology

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Social scientists have proposed alternative hypotheses for why women do more unpaid household labor. Which of the following is NOT one of those hypotheses? a. Partners' relative earnings influence their division of household labor

c. The partner with less power in the relationship can escape undesirable household labor. b. Gender roles influence partners' division of household labor. d. The relative time available to each partner influences the division of household labor.

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A(n) ______ is when one or a few colluding corporations control the production of a good or service, thus controlling its supply, while a(n) ______ is when one or a few corporations control the market for (and the price of) a good or service.

a. elite…cabal b. trust…merger c. vertical integration…horizontal integration d. monopoly…monopsony

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