Which of the following combinations accounted for nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of the federal budget in 2015?
a. Social Security, nondefense discretionary, Medicaid, interest
b. Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
c. defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid
d. defense, nondefense discretionary, interest, Social Security
Answer: c
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Sociologists use what concept to refer to behavior that people expect from someone who holds a particular status?
a. role b. master status c. status set d. role set
Paul Willis used the phrase "partial penetration" to mean:
A. The way in which "the lads" were critical of class inequality but failed to understand capitalism as a whole. B. The way in which "the lads" learned some of the academic material taught in their schools but failed to learn it completely. C. The "misrecognition" that interrupted sexual intercourse is an effective means of birth control. D. The practice of interrupting intercourse as a means of contraception. E. The way in which Muslim immigrants in England were able to settle at the periphery of working-class communities but were kept out of the core neighborhoods.
A conflict theorist would be most likely to agree with which of these statements?
A. Education is the great equalizer in society. B. Education provides many positive manifest and latent benefits to society. C. Education rewards those who conform to ordered agendas. D. Education produces creative citizens.
Owen makes $25,000 a year. He has just inherited $100,000 dollars. Owen owes 25,000 and has 25,000 in savings. What is his wealth?
A. $150,000 B. $125,000 C. $100,000 D. $25,000