An important determinant of the course of an interaction is the credibility of the identity each interactant tries to establish
a. true
b. false
a
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The role of HOX genes is to determine ______.
a. the sex of a child b. the rate at which fetal body structures develop c. which parent’s genes will predominate d. the order in which fetal body structures develop
Gay men who seek adoption fear that the biological or foster mother will back out when she finds out that her child will go to a gay family. Which of the following is a strategy used by gay men to increase their chances that this will not happen?
a. They only go to family members to serve as surrogates who will carry the baby for them. b. They deliberately choose foster parents who have already relinquished their biological children, thereby giving them greater confidence that the mother will give up her next child. c. They find lesbians who are willing to carry their baby, but who do not want children of their own. d. There are no strategies that gay men can use to increase their chances of adoption since most people are fearful of gay men as fathers.
In the most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society, members are engaged primarily in food production. They increase their crop yields through such innovations as the plow. This type of society is called a(n)
A. horticultural society. B. hunting-and-gathering society. C. agrarian society. D. postmodern society.
What aspects are sociologists the most interested in studying, regarding the impact that it has on shaping who we become?
A. nurture B. nature C. socialization D. life course