An employer tells his employees that they will be fired if they do not have an AIDS test. This threat is an example of:

a. hereditary authority.
b. influence.
c. charismatic authority.
d. coercion.
e. practical rules rather than laws.


D

Sociology

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a. help integrate a troubled patient into the outside world. b. give a person greater choices about how to live. c. radically alter a person's personality or behavior. d. encourage lifelong learning in a supervised context.

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Describe the family structure and its characteristics

What will be an ideal response?

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In the United States, what percentage of the population age twenty-five and older has a four-year college or university degree?

A. 13 percent B. 33 percent C. 53 percent D. 73 percent

Sociology

Robert’s story at the beginning of Hansen’s reading illustrates ______.

a. that mobility does not limit nor define parenthood b. being independent and can-do as a parent is a necessity in contemporary, Western countries c. the tendency for family and friends to limit support as people reach middle life d. the inclination of parents to describe themselves as independent and self-sufficient despite sometimes extensive networks of help and support

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