Which of the following perspectives on race and ethnicity tends to emphasize group tensions between the privileged and the exploited?
a. conflict perspective
b. labeling perspective
c. ethnocentric perspective
d. functionalist perspective
a
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Which factors appear to encourage the increase in premarital sex?
a. Inexpensive, effective contraception becoming legal and more available. b. The age at which people entered their first marriage rising dramatically. c. The influence of increasingly daring movies and television shows. d. All of the above.
Which of the following is NOT accurate concerning the connection between education patterns and shifts in family dynamics?
A. There has been an increase in the number of people attending college. B. There is a lower per-person income among young adult householders. C. There has been a trend toward delaying marriage. D. There has been a reduced amount of childbearing.
Based on her observations of the relatively small number of white men who play professional basketball, Stella argues that white men can't jump. This belief is derived from which one of the following processes?
a. selective perception b. assimilation c. institutionalized discrimination d. non-prejudiced discrimination
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. In the opening vignette, Jim and Daneen’s children are seriously struggling with their parent’s remarriage. 2. In the opening vignette, Jim and Daneen are examples of a cohabiting couple with a mutual child. 3. People who divorce are generally glad that they did. 4. Ten years after the break-up of their marriage, one study showed that about half of women and one-third of men still feel anger toward their ex-spouse. 5. Children in female-headed single-parent families report talking to their mothers less often than do children in two-parent families.