Which of the following statements is true regarding self-sufficiency of the American family?
Few families-past or present-have been entirely self-sufficient.
Most families in the past were entirely self-sufficient.
Middle class families tend to prosper because they are the most self-sufficient.
Only the poorest families tend to need help from the government.
Few families-past or present-have been entirely self-sufficient.
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The soft dependency theorists
a. have lost their battle against the hard dependency theorists b . argue that under some conditions substantial economic development can occur even in economically dependent countries c. have abandoned dependency theory and gone back to modernization theory
In modern society the __________ has produced a new set of stresses on marriage
a. function of economic production. b. class placement function. c. socialization function. d. expressive function.
Sociologists who focus on a particular social and historical environment in which social change occurs, rather than focusing on a single factor, are using which perspective of social change?
A. historical materialism B. contextual analysis C. cultural analysis D. structural analysis
The U.S. Department of Education guidelines for providing equal sport participation opportunities for students with disabilities were needed because
A. special education teachers have been organizing club teams for their students. B. fewer than 1% of high schools have teams for students with a disability. C. most students with a disability can play on standard school teams. D. students with a disability are forming their own teams and need guidance.