Mary and her family owned a house in the suburbs with two cars and sent their kids to private school. After she and her husband both lost their jobs they experienced __________ and now live in a two-bedroom apartment and rely on public transportation to get to and from their part-time work
A) homelessness
B) a windfall
C) life chances
D) downward mobility
Answer: D
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a. expand literacy and teach individualism b. train sailors and soldiers c. be value-free and encourage social experimentation d. train workers and support the church e. preserve the culture and transmit it to successive generations
Under which of the following conditions does the Muslim faith permit polygamy?
A. When there is a war, and combat deaths have lead to a shortage of marriageable men. B. When a wife becomes chronically ill. C. When a couple is unable to have children. D. All of these are examples of circumstances in which the Muslim faith may permit polygamy.
Sociology is
a. the scientific study of society b. The scientific study of the social life of plants and animals c. A discipline created to study why societies tend to remain stable d. A discipline that grew out of the larger field of criminology
Which statement is true regarding the Crisis Tactics Scale?
A. It was developed in the 1950s by famous sex researcher Alfred Kinsey. B. It asks people how they deal with crisis in their relationships. C. It has been largely discredited as an assessment tool since the late 1990s. D. It includes physical aggression but not psychological aggression because it is more difficult to measure.