Which of the following is an ascribed status?
a. Native American
b. Single parent
c. High school graduate
d. Football player
a
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The Triangular Theory of Balancing Work and Family presents three areas which vie for family attention. Which of the following is NOT one of those three?
A) personal needs B) recreational needs C) others' needs D) work needs and responsibilities
Valerie is a 30-year-old single woman with no children. Last year she finished a graduate degree and moved out of her parents’ basement into an apartment of her own. She is searching for the right partner to be in a committed relationship with, but has not found that person yet. At Thanksgiving, Valerie’s grandmother asked her when she might be getting married and having children and said,
“By the time I was your age I was married and had all three of my children.” Sociologists would most likely point to changes in _________ in order to explain Valerie and her grandmother’s different experiences at this stage of life. A) serial gender norms B) the transition to adulthood C) no-fault divorce D) the dual-earner family model
A weakness of the symbolic interactionist view of racial-ethnic relations is that it does not clearly explain why labeling, selective perception, and racial bias are more common among some people than others, especially when they are similar on a number of variables such as social class and gender
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Is social inequality desirable for society? Defend your view with arguments from historical and sociological viewpoints discussed in the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?