Weiner-Davis suggests that couples create a self-fulfilling prophecy by:
a. examining their weaknesses and areas of conflict.
b. focusing on the future and ignoring the past.
c. focusing on the strengths that brought them together in the first place.
d. making a contract not to argue with each other.
C
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A) the U.S. was in the pre-demographic transition phase B) women increasingly entered the labor force C) life expectancies in the U.S. began to decrease D) Alzheimer’s became a pressing public health condition
A number of factors contribute to ___________, including the physical environment, population trends, technological development, and social institutions
a. ecological changes b. social disruption c. social movements d. social change
According to Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, high-rank positions in society _____. Select all, but only those that apply.
a. are more important to the survival of society than lower rank ones b. require the greatest amount of ability and talent c. provide greater rewards than lower rank positions d. are less pleasant to occupy than lower rank positions
According to Daniella, one of the managers of a chain Mexican restaurant in this study, customers like to "eat Mexican," but not "drink Mexican.". What did she mean by this?
a. It creates an atmosphere that is "ethnic," but not too "ethnic," and "authentic," but not too "authentic.". b. Americans have an image of Mexicans as drunks and lazy who sit around bars drinking tequila and beer all day. This is not the theme her restaurant wanted to portray. c. Americans like the taste of Mexican food, but find the alcohol distasteful to them. d. To "drink Mexican" would mean that her restaurant would not be able to cater to children, a big portion of her clientele.