Before 1990, virtually all African Americans descended from people who were brought involuntarily to the United States before the slave trade ended in the nineteenth century
a. true
b. false
a
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C. Wright Mills argued that America's power elite dominate society through exercising control over three major institutional areas: the economy, the government, and the church
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A large proportion of Americans now experiences the empty-nest syndrome—the departure of adult children from the home—at an earlier age. Which of the following is a reason for this?
A) Most young adults now appreciate the benefits of staying in multigenerational households. B) There has been a decline in the number of neolocal families due to unemployment. C) The average age of the population has now significantly increased since the mid-1800s. D) Women now tend to prolong child rearing by keeping huge age differences among children.
Whose pioneering work laid the foundation for the twentieth century psychological approach to understanding and explaining human behavior?
a. John Ellenberger b. Karl Marx c. Sigmund Freud d. Robert Rabin
Studies of religiosity in the United States suggest that
a. secularization is destroying religion in this country. b. few Americans now believe in God or a universal spirit. c. few Americans now believe in life after death. d. the proportion of regular churchgoers has declined sharply. e. compared to other industrialized countries, America is still a fairly religious nation.