In his analysis of social change, Talcott Parsons applies a "homeostatic" model of society. By this he means that:
a. all social change can be seen as fluctuations between ideational and sensate cultures
b. all societies pass through stages roughly equivalent to the life stages of human beings
c. as change occurs, institutions attempt to restore society to equilibrium
d. social change results from the challenges faced by a society and how it responds to them
C
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the vote to
a. African American men. b. women. c. eighteen-year-olds. d. Native Americans.
Which of the following universities included the education of Native American youth in its initial charter?
a. Princeton b. Yale c. Harvard d. Columbia
What is a major criticism of the functionalist perspective of families and marriage?
A. It ignores the power differentials in a relationship where one party is economically dependent on the other. B. It fails to acknowledge the role of socialization in family and marriage. C. It underemphasizes the economic, social, and cultural functions of the family. D. It focuses too much on family dysfunctions.
The heterosexual double standarddescribes a cultural belief system in which women are expected to desire and seek sex from whomever, whenever, while men are expected to be sexual only within committed, romantic relationships.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)